welcome to the site, looks like a good start to a project to me. quick question though, you said the glass is in need of total replacement? in the pic the glass looks pretty good to me. if your going to hot rod it, you can have the interior done with the same look, but go with modern comforts, same goes with things like power windows, they make a nice conversion that enables you to keep the handles but internally you can go power. a nice motor might be a small block mopar if your going to change out the old flat 6, you can also change out the headlights to an HID conversion to keep the stock look, as far as paint, switch out the one color for the two tone option that was available in 39' it's a nice look and adds alot of character to the car, without changing what stock would have looked like. upgraded suspension and brakes would be a plus too that can be done without changing asthetics. thats my two cents on things you could do to fulfill the admirals requests and still getting a modern riding car with keeping the looks of the old