The car is big and mae of steel. You have more than enough room under the hood to get rid of the old engine and put something bigger in it. There are a number of things you can do with this car. One thing you can do to give it some added flare is to look back to the era that the car was made for some racing wheels for that car. But if your not wanting to dish out a lot of change, and work with what you have. Give it a good wash, try and polish the chrome and save the paint. Clean it up. Sometimes a little can go along way.