just ask this guy

 

Build one. I'll drive it for you.

You engineer and crew chief......me driver.

That offer stands on the vette too. As long as i'm not too old to get in and out of it when you're done.

 

Okay here you go lol. Yes you can get out cheap but nothing fancy. Get the plans for the frame and purchase the metal needed and weld it up. Really is not that hard. Order the body I would suggest the body that the door does not open. And instead of a truck box or turtle deck you can go to a VW place and purchase a spun aluminum fuel tank or unless you can really scrounge and find an old beer keg to weld bungs onto and make into a fuel tank. Scrounge some swap meets or find out who your local HOT ROD club is and they may know some people with some of the old stuff laying around for the front and rear end components none chrome though. Also scrounge and find a Corvair steering box and switch it around so it works right for your steering. Now find an old beater that still has a running engine and rear end. The engine you may be able to get by cheap by just honing the cylinders and throwing it together and just do a nice paint job on it. I can go on and on but I am sure you get the drift lol.

Also would like to add since you are going to do this from scratch the donor can be anything that is rear drive. If you want mileage find an older Diesel VW truck. They would get 50mpg. In the truck they were a slug but since the T will weight about a 1000 pounds less it should run out okay and get even better mileage.

 

I wonder if I can find a Yugo engine anywhere.

 

Forgot to add lol. At this time the Vega steering box might be the best option and easier to find lol.

 

You might find it but where would you get the parts lol. Come on think of something kinda current and mass produced.

Forgot to add that since I do not know how tall you are the 23T style of body is pretty small. You might be better off looking at the 27T style as it offers more leg room and not that much more expensive it is also a lower sitting body than the 23T.

Yeppers I have been around this stuff lol.

Darn I keep thinking of things to add lol. If you get around with the Local Hot Rod club you might even be able to find out if someone has an original 23 T frame and then just box it and mod it to fit what you are building. The best part is you can get papers for the 23T frame and thus you would not have to worry about emissions.

 

I think the late T would work.

 

Buy a 84/85 Toyota Supra with a blown engine, then take the turbocharged motor from the 88-92-ish Supra and drop it in. It'll weigh less than 2800 pounds and you can get 300-400 Hp out of that motor with some tuning. Plus if you can keep your foot out of it you'll get 25+ mpg.

 

http://www.opelgt.com/photos/showpho...83/limit/views

I'd get one of these 1970s Opel GTs (nicknamed a "mini Corvette")