Alright it's a little after 5 am I have been up for a couple hours and just had a weird idea. I was thinking about my small collection of Cutlasses and what I should do with each. I pictured the project finished and what it will look like then I realized the one parts car essentially already looks like a beat to hell faded version of what I want to end up with.
It was then inspiration took hold. What if instead of using that car as a parts car it became a companion to the first. The post doomsday version of my street car. Basically think of the Mad max car's transformation from the first to second movie.
The first car is clean and refined everything matches and looks how you would think a propper modified street car should look. Basically build it exactly how I have been planning.
The second car is scared and battle damaged (though still fully structurally sound). Maybe a mismatched set of wheels, a different stance, a long whip antenna and extra fuel tanks. Get rid of the trunk lid and use it as open cargo with full sized spares and the like. Maybe do some beefy fabbed up steel bumpers. Extra lights. Gut the interior and make it look like it's been lived in for years on the road. Ditch the hood cowl and have a scoop sticking out of the hood. Heck maybe raise the body a couple inches and put over sized tires on instead. Bust out the plastic grills and replace them with steel mesh. Basically make it look like the car was pieced together as it fell apart is the post doomsday world. Maybe even a few bullet holes in a door panel or something.
It would be funny to put them into a show together as a set.
Alright going back to sleep now if I am lucky.