OK so after getting a closer look at the poor floor pan install the prior owner did I am having second thoughts about restoring this car over my parts car. How do I decide which is the less of two evils? The first car needs full trunk, rear frame rails, inner and outer wheel houses, and total body reskin. outer rockers, roof skin, maybe inner rockers. The good was supposed to be the floors and firewall. problem with the floors is they overlapped and crappy welded. i am not confident they are sitting where they should. also they looked warped. Only way i see to correct this is to do a full one piece floor install.

That leads to my parts car. Now I haven't dug into it but it need all the same work as the first car plus not sure on the firewall since the car is complete with a drive train. The plus on the parts car is it is a straighter car, roof skin is OK except probably the window channels. Also i think the inner rockers are good and most of the outer rockers. I am trying to do the car that makes the most sense. I guess I need to push the first car out of my cramped garage and drag in the parts car for a better evaluation.