New member researching and looking for guidance

[DanEC]

Welcome. You can have a lot of fun looking but your budget just isn't realistic for a running car. If you find something close to that range I would be very concerned about it's content and safety. A Daytona in particular is just not anywhere in sight of your expectations. If you can get closer to the upper 20s you might start to find a few cars that are primarily donor based (Mustang) and possibly a bit rough around the edges, but hopefully drivable and relatively safe. Just from shear numbers produced, most of them will probably be FFR based but there may be a scattering of others. You might even look for an up and running kit that hasn't been painted yet. That happens as paint is a big cost hit and some put it off to last. You can drive it in gel coat or primer for a couple years until you can get ready to paint it. Painting one of these is fairly expensive however - they take a whole lot of body prep before the painting even starts.