Found my dads original 1971 duster!

Thanks so much to everyone. I really appreciate the advice and sympathy felt by all. I am definitely going to regroup. It’s hard to even look at the car without bad emotions now. But once I sort it out, I will have the day I’ve dreamed of for the past 14 months of the guy ruining it.
You know what he said when I let him have it?? “I know. I don’t think I’ll ever do a build like this again. I don’t usually build full cars”
This is one of his texts to get me to commit to the build