"And now for something completely different..." right? [emoji12]
This kind of odd rod is right up my alley! Subscribed, for sure.
For color, how about a pewter grey metallic with some distinctive non-metallic orange graphics? Maybe something inspired by the factory AAR 'Cuda appearance (see attached). Just a thought.
Have you seen the "Mongrel" build on YouYube? It's a '59 Ford 100E wrapped around Miata mechanicals, being built over in England. I'm not sure if any of that process will apply to your build, but it might be worth checking out.
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