[QUOTE]Originally posted by Henry Rifle
[B]Slow down, dude. You can't do everything at once. One of the most important parts of a project is planning. Find out everything you can about what you have before you start buying parts. Then decide what kind of car you want. Custom? Retro? Pro street? Cruiser? Once you decide that, start scanning rod magazines for cars that look like your dream. See what folks have put together. Make a list of the things you need to do and the parts you need. Then decide which order to attack each item. If you don't do this up front, you'll paint yourself into a corner and spend a lot more $$$$ than you ever dreamed.
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Firstly ..thats some VERY wise information Henry!
I know when i was younger and got my first hot rod i wanted to do EVERYTHING to it right off the bat and i ended up tearing the car apart...getting "stuck" without money & the proper knowledge, and then selling the car unrunning a year later.
No offense meant to you FMX by that statement just telling ya what happened to me at your age

Secondly...Glad to see you finally got a car FMX i know when i was on here last you were getting pretty depressed about not havin a ride to wrench on

far as the front end parts if its from a 79 camero then you should still be able to get alot of the parts like the ball joints,tie rods and such at your local auto parts for that car and year.

just as Henry said the most important thing for you to do right now is to sit down and draw up a game plan on what you want..what you can realisticly afford...how long it will take...do you have a place to do it where the car can sit for extended periods of time if needed...and where you will start on the car,meaning chassis-engine-body work-etc,etc...

As to lowering it..coil over shocks are the best way to do it but theres alot to consider when changing to them and as was mentioned coil over kits that come with brackets,mounting tubes&braces etc are not cheap so if you have ALOT of "fabrication' type work that you want to do to the chassis&body then to forego the "kits" and buy a 130amp Mig welder and start learning some basic fab skills might be something that would help you in the long run cost wise.

BG