Potential project Barracuda

I have read through this as it seems you have several competing issues; you want to make it a driver but are not real sure you want to spend what it will take, but you are not sure what it will take so you are unsure. This is a pretty common issue and one that is never real easy to answer.

First thing you need to come to grips with is how you feel about the car. If you are not inspired by the car (meaning you really like it), it will become a PIA pretty quickly. Building cars is as much about the passion of it as it is anything else. So if you are like "Meh..." when you look at it, then you need to sell it to someone else who is passionate about it. I am not trying to be "that guy", I am trying to tell you that if you are not "into" the car then when it gets tough it will be exceptionally tempting to stop and dump it, but at that point you will not get a lot of it because it is cut up and apart. Many of us have scored many a similar project from someone who got in way over their head and lost interest, CL is full of these types of things.

If you do like or are inspired by the car, then by all means jump on it but here some reality you need to really consider; this is not going to be "cheap" unless you do things very poorly and don't really care about quality. To make that car a driver (with the drive train you currently have) you are looking at probably $5K minimum but more likely much more. Since you have stated you don't know how to weld, there is going to be a learning curve there which will cost you some money. Commensurate with that I suspect you are not well versed in panel replacement, body work, etc. all of which will require you to learn and cost money. Not saying this isn't worth doing, I highly encourage people to learn these skills but you need to do it on something you are excited about, that will keep you in the fight because resurrecting that car is going to be a significant challenge.

Is the car worth fixing, absolutely! Should you attempt it? Only you can answer that. Not trying to rain on your parade, just trying to offer some reality. I've done many cars and I have threatened to burn everyone of them to the ground a number of times out of frustration and anger; its a part of the game (at least for me). None of it is rocket science or super difficult, but it does require a passion for it and a desire to learn, but IMO the most important aspect is the ability to see the outcome and continue to drive towards that.