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im in colorado and we never see cars this bad unless they come from out of state. that is why i say i would never attempt to fix a car like that.
My advice, based on what you've said ("not a rich man") is to try to sell this car, or this car plus the parts car to someone more skilled and just get a different car. The reason I say this is because you could dump a bunch of money into it, then get discouraged/overwhelmed, or run out of money, and then you won't get that money back when you sell later.
Instead of spending all that money fixing this car, I strongly suspect you'll reach your goal a lot sooner and a lot cheaper by just cutting your losses, and starting to save for a done car, or at least something much more done. The only reason I would not do what I'm suggesting is if this very particular car was the exact one you want. Like it has family history, or it's a 1 of 1 car with an option that means a lot to you, or something like that. Otherwise, it's just a car. Make it easier on yourself, save yourself the heartache and headache, not to mention damage to your wallet.
EDIT: I like 67Dart440GT's idea too, if you have the space to keep this car in the corner (inside) somewhere.
Thanks, Most guys that saw what I started with thought I was nuts. The car had sat since 1976 and had seen its better days.nice work Dan, let that be an inspiration
It cost me almost 10k to get paint on my car.....and it was in WAYYYYYY better shape than that....the 10 or 15k it would take someone to even get paint on it could be better spent on another car that would just about be finished IMO
I have a complete spare dash ( not 340 ) which is in pretty good shape and Blue ....that dash would look great in my Valiant 2-dr. Just 'planting a seed,' know what I mean?
The grill's are fairly trashed on both cars . no sure what i will do yet other than continue disassembling and inspecting .If you decide to sell the grills, I am definitely interested! Looks like a lot of work, mine was rough as well, but Im moving forward.......ever so slowwwwllleeeee with it.