for the rest, i hope your life is not as negative as your comments.
noblg
ill take ownership of my comment and say im not being negative, i just enjoy taking the piss and you should expect that at times on a public forum. barry, with who i agree, has simply vocalised what i reckon many of us would be thinking, cop it on the chin ol' son.
now take a breath and consider those comments, no-one has said youre a prick for starting this, only that there are guys with years of experience here who know what is involved with 'resurrecting' one of these cars.
have you asked the question "is this shell salvageable?" to a sheet metal expert and had it looked at? that would be the very first action id take.
i know your dream is to have a classic car with modern tech, thats fantastic but any prudent person will ask at what expense are you prepared for over how many years and what are you starting off with??. Its been said before "figure a cost and then triple it"
I showed your pictures to a beater down the road from me who has just completed a cleanup of a cheap basic 66 he landed for under $10k. His comment was that you have so much more to shell out as essentially youre having to buy a whole new car in panels and parts, all your wiring looms alone are going to cost you around $1k!!
if youve level headedly considered the amount of work ahead (and thats not including the modifications) and are willing to spend the coin on your project i wish u all the best and will watch this space.
griff