Ok, I'll throw my hat in the ring here, Daniel, I say go for it, it's your car, it's not rare, you thought it threw the best you can, sure conceptually it's not a good idea, and yes you should probably just put the body on a tube chassis AND you may just end up doing that to hold it all together. Maybe it won't work, what's the worse case scenario? You have a basicly rust free parts car?, or maybe you put it back together. At the end of the day what he is doing is hot rodding, something I've always been a fan of as I appreciate the creative mind it takes to do it. IF it isn't safe then don't put it on the road, take it to the track and do some burn outs, put it in a magazine. What ever you do, don't get discouraged, stay on track, and most of all keep us posted!