Is An A Body Worth It?

1973 is not a desirable year for most folks. Numbers matching only makes a difference if it is a factory high-performance build or some unique low numbers rare example. Replaced floors and other sheetmetal make it very undesirable. Who knows what they didn't replace that was half eaten away, but not visible on the outside? Also, needing complete paint, interior and more rust repair make it even less desirable. A minor patch or two is one thing, but there are way too many rust free cars to start restoration on a rust bucket, unless it's a highly desirable, pre-'72, factory high-performance car.

Then again, if you can get it cheap, do the work yourself and build it into a nice preformance car set-up to your dream specs; then go for it.