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New to the forum.

I currently have a 1990 Thunderbird Super Coupe 35th Anniversary edition. It is a nice car and fun to drive, but performance and rebuild parts are few and expensive so I have decided not to sink a bunch of money into this car.

I am now in the very early stages of planning to build a hot rod. probably a '29-'32 fenderless roadster... or maybe a coupe. I am not sure if I want to go with a kit, or get a roller chassis and build up from there.

I am intrigued by the Shell Valley "A Roadster" kit, since it seems to be fairly complete for a relatively low price. I also like the Street Beasts kits, though they are pretty expensive.

I AM sure that I want to use a SB Ford engine (always been a Ford guy) with T5 or Tremec. I may begin my project by searching out a 5.0 from an Explorer (the one with the GT40 heads).

Maybe by the time I have the engine built and ready, I will know which route to take otherwise.