$7000 paint job

plenty of people on here have pointed out the "advantages" of buying a straight, rustfree project, even if ya have to spend $500-1000 to have it trucked to ya.
if ya got to PAY the bodyshop for your work, then YES put the pencil to it!!!!!!!!
if ya do the work yourself, and even if ya got to buy your patch panels, and don't count your labor........ then yes, you can fix some rust, and smooth out some small dings........????


Pretty much sum's it up, yes you should try to buy the cleanest car you can, but buying something that's untouched is RARE, and even car's that look great can hide a whole lot of problems! We all know the problem areas on a A body mopar, just look for the core areas that they have the most common problems, and focus on that, panels are easy to replace, when you get into the inner structure you will need talent to fix that!