lots of questions

[jus2qwk]

so im thinking about buy a 49 chevy as my next project. I want to do a rat rod with patinia paint look and slamed on the ground with a mild 350 and some kind of automatic but I dont really wanna put a ton of money in this thing and if I sell it I would like to be able to break even so here go on the questions
- what is the cheapest/best way to lower one of these? I dont really wanna do a s10 swap because then i have to find one and that x amount of $ then the conversion kit is like 1500 buck that I would rather spend somewhere else
- what year nova or camaro clips work best?
- can stock suspension be lowered enough to look good?