"A few little dings and original paint"

Agreed! but this one sat in the back of the shop since 1979, waiting to get repairs, and collected all the events in the shop. So original paint was not salvageable, unfortunately. So doing a complete restoration, if it wasn't a uni-body, they would call it a frame off... LOL!

I was really lucky, the engine had a hole in the side from a blown rod, I was able to have it repaired, and besides sleaving #2 and 3, a normal boring and rebuild.