Set for LIFE? I'm sorry. I know I'm going to offend lots of people on here, but there isn't an A body live or Memorex that could set someone for LIFE. Even the Hemi cars won't do that...
A car like that might be worth 100K restored, it's not a vert Hemi E-body.
Being that it's a basket case as described, you'd have to do it because you want to, not to make any scratch. It would cost more to restore it than it's worth finished.