That doesnt sound like one for the faint of heart, jman. If its not in fair shape structurally, its gonna be a major project, whether youre an amateur or not. Now dont get me wrong, Im doing my first complete resto also, but I intentionally found one that was just a rolling chassis because i wanted to build it myself from the ground up. But it was in very good shape structurally; I figured Im mechanically-inclined enough to fix everything else on it (with advice from most of the people on here), and I looked at it as a long-term project anyways. But the way that one sounds, it would be more than I would wanna take on. Sometimes it takes awhile to find exactly what you want..."Patience is a virtue"