I get a lot more happiness cobbling these together and driving them than I would doing a full restore. Although it's my son doing most of the cobbling these days & I help.
I am envious of your headlight trim rings. Tried to get one from an out of state craigslist ad. Spent weeks finding people to make the buy and ship it. It got sold right before I got the last detail worked out.
This is the only 1961 Sunliner I've seen w/ a 3-speed & 292 Y-Block. I was visiting new family (found on Ancestry) and this was on their farm (first owners). It had spent weeks open to snow/rain.
We put a top on and son daily drove it until recently (got a 69 XL, another beater). Should be...