Need purchasing advice

[rayzorsharp]

This is great. Just the kind of input I'm looking for. I've got some selling to do but will wind up with about $25k to put towards a car. I'm not so sure I want to build one from ground up but I would have no problems removing the body and making any mods I deem necessary. I'm not so concerned about complete authenticity as I an being able to get in it and driving on weekends and to shows...maybe even 300-400 mile trips. I like high performance but I'm not looking for something to take racing or ultimate horsepower. I attend some events where there is a lot of slow cruising in heavy traffic so I'm not even against running an automatic, although I might consider using a manual looking shifter setup just for appearance. (just random thoughts here)
I understand about the eBay cars since you dont know how it was built. If I see something interesting I may contact you guys to see if anybody knows the car and can give some input. Hopefully I can get some good pics of the car being built. That would always be nice. Color doesn't matter that much as that's how I make my living. What I'm picking up mostly from you guys here is the frame and how well it's built. I've seen some cars listed with donor car frames. Not so sure if that's good or bad. I'm guessing a built frame would be more appealing to the eye.
I definitely need to go drive one or two to make sure this is right for me. Maybe I'll get a call soon on the Fac 5 car. Only about 40 miles from me.
Keep the suggestions coming and if I have any questions I'll certainly be asking away.
Thanks a lot guys.