LOL salmon...Joe, sometimes the best way to gauge a car in parts like that is to determine what itd be worth if you parted it out, cuz thats basically what it is. Are the parts worth $3500? Evidently if someone cut the firewall out of it, it was in pretty bad shape after the wreck, so there could be unseen damage to the frame, etc, which means putting it back together into driveable condition wouldnt be a short-term project. And $3500 would be a pretty good start on finding a more "assembled" project car. Just my 1½ cents worth.