What would you do, no this isn't ABC!
fix and make everything you do to the car the best you can, make the car exactly the way you want it then save up for a complete disassemble and paint and detail so it doesn't take 3 years to do.....if you have followed any of my threads this idea will sink in that I drove em into the shop running and driving in some instances and commenced to beautification and reassembled detailing along the way