70 340 4-speed dart - talk me off the ledge

MOPAROFFICIAL said
Most if not all the people who are telling you to part it...want parts from it.lol
FIX IT, TAKE YOUR TIME...NO HURRY.
Its just sheet metal , patch weld or flange it, fill it...no one cares if you use expensive repop panels and they shouldnt.
Just maybe buy the repop rails and then just grab a sheet or 2 to do all the rocker panels, lower fenders,1/4. I've seen worse get brought back in about yr by guys with no money , just brains and a welder with some paint skills.
I have looked into trunks and seen plain sheet patched in, painted and nice...and said to myself.."this car could have been junk, if some Galen goobier had decided rerop parts or scrap...this car would be a memory.
Save it!

Get it on the lift and see what you have to work with.... Poke around and see how many holes you can make with a screwdriver on the frame. Can't get any worse at this point lol....

I have done an every last nut and bolt restoration and couldn't be happier to say that will never happen again. If you really want a beater than keep it in that direction. Make is sound so you can not worry about being stranded on the side of the road once a week and run the wheels off it. I have a thread started about a car I am working on now and the only thing I would get out of a full restoration is impression people I don't know with money I don't have lol....

As for parting it out, plenty of sharks in this place so if you do strip it make it worth your while and put the right price on your parts or otherwise you are better off flipping burgers at Mcdonald's IMO lol....

JW