Another thing I did when I first started getting into hot rods was cut out a bunch of pictures out of magazines and post them up on a wall (I was a kid) and I found that early to mid 30's cars ticked my fancy. You could do the same thing with downloading pictures from the internet and post them in the appropriate folders and just see what file has the most pictures. This will also give you what build styles you are drawn to. Then go to some events and talk to owners of this type of vehicle and tell them your getting into it and see if they would let you sit in their car. lets face it I love the look of a chopped and channeled coupe but I know it's not for me because of the way "I'm" built (though both my cars are chopped). If someone came up to me at a show and wanted to try my car on for size, I'd be more than happy to help him out. So long as he didn't have spurs on and a chain wallet banging against my paint...LOL Trust me there is nothing worse than buying a car your not truly into. You'll lose interest and it will just sit or you'll sell it cheap and lose money. One more thing. Have reasonable expectations on ride quality. It's never gonna drive like a Lexus.