[Barry_R]

Yes its possible. A big piece of this will be some good scavenger hunt work on your part. The more "good" used parts you can acquire the better off you'll be on price.

Qualifying an original block can be tough, but that's the highest dollar piece and worth the research and effort. After that you're perfectly fine using swap meet or scavenged valve covers, timing covers, intake manifolds and such. A cast crank and I beam rods are plenty adequate for a street piece and cost less... A Duraspark distributor will work just fine at one third the cost of a MSD billet, etc., etc.,....