Two A-body prospects: help me choose one

Paint and body work is the killer of most projects. Buy the best body you can. The rest of the parts are just nuts and bolts. I have seen soo many people buy a particular car because it already has a big block, or big brakes or whatever the eye candy, just to dump 3x what it would of cost them to just buy a straigh body and add the rest themselves. As for rust, if htere are just "pinholes" then your looking at replacing 2-4" of metal around that area. Plus if its in the frame rails, then your talking way more time and money.