all depends whether you are a "boy racer" type or lean toward the purist type! like said, if going for the 68 hemi SS look, ya gotta do what ya gotta do!!!!!
if sold it could all be put back stock for a few $$$$ ( o k maybe more than a few!)......
hey these are A Bodies, how many dozens come up for sale there every week!!!!
ask 100 guys, get 100 different answers, whether choice of paint color, changing/engine build, wheels, mufflers, you name it!!!!!!! lol