New guy. looking for inspiration.

Hi y'all. New guy here from S.E. michigan. Kind of new to hot rods also. Been toying with a 79 firebird for the past 6 yrs. Built it into a road course racer, with a sleeper stock look. I'm looking for inspiration on a future project. Basically I want to build a race looking car with street car civility and some creature comforts. I'm researching models from the late 40's to the early 60's. I'm partial to Gm family of brands. It must be a coupe and must have a manual trans. Please provide me with pics of cars from the 40-60s that are purpose built race cars or restomods with the same concept. I'm not interested in the Gassers or funny cars.

Thanks guys
Zack