I seriously think it would be great for a rat rod project. 5000 sounds steep when you look on ebay and see what drivable ones are going for. Where I grew up, there was a pink one that ran around town. We'd see it only occassionally, but what a beautiful ride. If the skin is usable, it could be dropped on an s10 frame, have a big block dropped in it, with straight header pipes too! We could start a new trend, and do a de lorean next!
Such sacralidge could be fun