Mike in Tucson brings up some very good points, and so do you Zak, about wanting to save this hulk from rusting away to nothing. That is very noble, and what we rodders and restorers try to do. But there are two things (at least 2) that you have to consider:

1) This particular car will cost far more to restore than it will ever be worth.

2) A project that starts out as a body that has been sitting in a ditch for that long has more serious issues to deal with than body and interior. Every suspension bushing and component is going to have to be refurbished and/or replaced. It doesn't make sense to make the body look nice and then start redoing the frame and running gear. Do it the other way around.

You can find these, or similar cars very reasonable on Ebay, in running, or near running condition (we passed up a very clean one at Daytona last year for $ 2500 because it wasn't our cup of tea, but the owner was really ready to deal, and it ran.)

Just trying to help.

Don