70 swinger full chassis car

$17K Canadian is about 13.7 US- still seems a little high for a car with a busted rear and 20 year old mechanicals, that were in unknown shape when parked. If you know an inspector from the local track, pay him to come with you to look at it. He'll fill you in on what it'll need to bring it up to date safety wise. The mechanicals could be a crapshoot, nice parts list but tough to say without seeing and inspecting. Why did it get parked?