why do they all have to be finished

Exactly my plan. My car is far from a valuable numbers matching car. It's a great car with great history but I plan on making what I want out of it and getting use out of it

I agree.
All the slanty guys may get mad at me for this but my cuda was a slank sick 3 on the tree, bench seat, with manual everything, 9" itty bitty , drums, and small bolt pattern pizza cutter rims. LOL. The only options it had were a vacuum gage and trip odometer. Bought it for the body shell, and clutch pedal setup since im a stick shift junkie. Im building it the way i want. Now maybe if it was a formula S 383 4 speed, id think differently about it.

I want it to be fun, fast, handle and brake well.