Would or Wouldnt cut
Cut it!! A 71 Scamp is never going to be valuable, as compared to other Mopars. Make it how you want it.
That is what I am doing with my 71 Barracuda, a 318 car... I am going to drive the heck out of it, just like I drove my 71 340 Cuda when I was in high school.
My two cents.