You can still build a classic homebuilt from plans. There are still parts available to help with the tricky items. This Midget Mustang, N6V was the first one I think. I flew along with this airplane in 1969 to the EAA convention in Rockford (the year before it moved to OSH), and I remember the pilot talking about it being the original MM. Oh, how I wanted something like this. Or a Cassatt racer. Something I could build on a teenager budget.