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Back in the day, when I read Hot Rod, Car Craft and Popular Hot Rodding, they used to get the old iron, like Chevy II, Nova, Chevelle and even a '65 Impala (among others) to turn 1G on the skidpad. Baer makes (or did back in the day) 4 wheel disc brake kits for most of the popular stuff. You're probably not going to turn any of those into an AMG Mercedes, but you should be able to get the more popular stuff to handle reasonably well. When I bought my first 911, I was thinking of building a resto-mod (I think that's what they're called) car myself. That way you get the looks and character of the old cars, but with some of the more modern stuff like efi, brakes, handling, etc.... How much money you spend will depend a lot on what car you buy. Getting something more common (chevelle/malibu or BOP equivalent, maybe a torino or falcon or fairlane) will determine your $$$. A Chevy Chevelle/Malibu based car would probably be the cheapest of the bunch, maybe whatever the Ford version (Torino) would be similar. I think anything Chrysler, Dodge or Plymouth will probably run a bit more. Buick, Olds or Pontiac will be close, but not quite unless you swap in a Chevy crate motor.

Chevy and Ford small blocks will be the cheapest motors to work with. Common chassis will be the cheapest to deal with the suspension and brakes. Back in the day, there were often brakes from other models that would swap in to get upgrades which may save some dough over an off the shelf, aftermarket upgrade or may not depending upon what's required.

I'd love to have that sort of toy.