Larson's car is an all out, full tube chassis drag car that can and does do a great job on the street! Like the Lutz cars and the rest of them they are very mega-buck purpose built cars....

"The look" can come from spending less money, just realize up front that the level of performance these cars attain and still participate in drag week and other such events is a 6 figure undertaking!!!! Us common folk have to settle for a little less--a car with a back half chassis, LS and a supercharger, nitrous, or a single turbo can consistently and (somewhat) reliably run in the mid 9's and still maintain some semblance of street manners... I'm doing a rebuild on a friends car right now that has a long history of street and some drag performance. Once it had a 632" BBC with a 2 stage nitrous system and went a best of 7.90...now it will be a mild mannered 540" BBC and a single shot (max of 200) nitrous and probably do low to mid 10's and be "competitive" even in street trim---though somewhat slower.... The car is a '69 Cutlass, same as your Chevelle (other then some sheet metal) and if you're willing to do the work and spend the $$$$$ you could expect the same... Be warned, though!!!! The Cutlass is just a rebuild, most all the good parts were already there before. I'm doing the car for only enough to cover materials and utilities but even at that the bill is well in excess of $10K not counting the engine and driveline!!!! If I still had my big shop and was paying my help and overhead the bill would be at least double that.....

You're probably already tired of me stressing the money involved in this kind of build. Reason is I've seen far too many people come into a project like this all fired up, then run out of $$$$$, time, patience and often all of the above when the project is about half done!!!!! Anybody can go fast, just depends on how fast you can afford to go!!! My first best advice would be too set up a budget of how much you can REALISTICALLY afford to spend on the project, and what kind of time frame you're looking at from start to completion! Also, there are two definite rules that apply to a Pro Street, Drag Car, Street Rod, Restoration or any other kind of build:

1. It's going to take longer then you thought.
2. It's going to cost more then you thought.

With that in mind, it's time for you to set up some realistic plans for the car and figure out a budget for it, IE $XXXX dollars for the chassis, $XXXX dollars for the engine, $XXXX dollars for the driveline, and $XXXX dollars for paint, interior, and cosmetics.....

Just some advice from a guy that's been playing these games for way too many years!!!!!!!