1973 chevy nova from california

hello my name is juan, im 23 and love muscle cars, i love rat rods and would like to build one myself one day, i go to car shows all the time just went to viva las vegas recently.i have a 73 nova, 350, mostly stock with some alterations to the engine, i have just installed new hooker super comp headers, i got 3 inch piping for the exhaust with flowmaster 40 series muflers pointed down. its all primered black wth stilll some work to do, the interior is almost complete not mint but nice, all black bucket seats. my car sounds great but i still want to improve on it, i want to make it louder and faster. i want to get new muflers and extened the pipes to put a flamethrowing kit on. i want to keep the car to pass down to my son one day!!!! i love my car cuz its old, its different and its not like cars on the street, its not rice burner!!!! i love racing hondas, acuras, or any import. muscle baby muscle!!! my dream is to own a 51 mercury all black dropes, choped and an old caddilac, droped and all black!!! like johnny cash said, a psychobilly cadillac.