I want to restore a 70's American muscle car and use it as a daily driver...

I want to restore a 70's American muscle car and use it as a daily driver. The problem I am having is that I have no idea where to start or to look

Just buy a crate 500cui V8, a 4 speed tranny and you're good to go.

step 1: buy the muscle car, this will set you back at least 5k if you get one that isn't completely rotted to shit
step 2: strip the probably fucked interior, fix rust in floors, quarter panels
step 3: pull engine to put crate/new one in or to keep original one and pretty it up
step 4: put it all back together, buy new interior pieces, re-do suspension, etc

The engine is the only thing I'm certain on. I am talking with a guy about getting a used 427

Any decent websites that won't fuck me royally on parts?

not really, all good sites will be expensive, restorations are never cheap either

Rockauto is awesome.

Take your ideal budget, double it. Unless you get a whole new drive train, accept the fact that youll get bad mpg. My 75 camaro only gets 13 if i baby it... granted built V8 and 4.10s dont help.

Spend the money on a good body. I found out that an engine swap is easier than body work.

Novas arent muscle

and youre about to spend a whole lot of money for not much car because you come across as the kind of person who cant do the work himself and dont realize how intensive it is to restore a car

your best bet would be to get an old Malibu since you already have a 427 on the line

make no mistake, you're talking about buying an antique and treating it like a honda civic. Shits going to go wrong and your going to spend a lot buying parts, shipping parts, fabbing parts

>use it as a daily driver
old cars are shit