I need your honest opinion

Here is my take...

  1. You are in Switzerland, your resources for parts (new or used) are few and far between
  2. Anything you buy from the US or Canada will be double the cost. (shipping, VAT etc.)
  3. The car was perhaps misrepresented to you when you bought it.
  4. the electrical issues are a problem BUT can be fixed with an OEM style rewiring kit
  5. There is nothing on that car that can not be fixed BUT it will probably double what you have in it now

OPTIONS...

  1. Find a car (same year) that has a good body but needs many of the parts you have on your car that are good. It does not need to be the same body style (like 2door vs 4 door) as many of the parts will transfer over BUT many won't, so same body would be the easiest
  2. Keep fixing the things on your car that are needed a little at a time. Make a list and plan it out year by year. First find out what smoked under the dash, many times wires in a wire harness have melted together from a short and it is not obvious where.
  3. Scrap the entire project and sell it for what you can BUT be sure to disclose to a prospective buyer EVERYTHING that you know or suspect to be wrong so the next guy doesn't feel like you do right now.
  4. Scrap the car and sell the parts on Ebay/FABO/etc. I imaging that are car clubs in your neck of the woods and maybe people there with needs for your parts
  5. If you really want an old car perhaps start by contacting an auto broker here in the states (look for places on the southern west coast, most any car on the east coast or the north eastern or north west areas will have RUST) Make sure they know EXACTLY what you want. Then if they find you something spend the money and fly over and inspect the car yourself (you now know what to look for) OR have a proper inspection done by members here.
Whatever you decide will be the right decision for you.

For comparison in the 80s I had a 56 ford pickup. It was a piece of crap, but I spent every penny I could to modify it (at one point I had $10,000 US in receipts.)

In the end I had a 56 Fort Pickup with a 351W 2bbl engine with a oem serpentine accessory drive belt (was never an option on that engine till well after I made it work), C4 automatic trans, ford 9" rear end, Centerline wheels, BFB tires, 4 wheel power disk brakes, a custom louvered hood, a bench seat out of my old 63 Econoline van, vise grips for the window cranks, no heater, holes in the firewall and floor, a bed that was only hanging on by 2 bolts and the wood was rotted away, no seat belts, friends painted it pink and yellow with house paint, a gas tank that would leak into the cab if the tank was topped off. I had so many dreams for the truck but in the end all I had was a huge credit card bill, and a pile of rusting hulk that sat in my back yard for 5 years before I parted it out. ( funny story... I went to the Long Beach, CA auto swap meet to sell a bunch of parts, the wheels were part of my load. before I had things set out a guy came over and asked how much for the wheels and bought them. later I was walking around looking at the other sellers parts and there were the wheels I had sold the guy in the morning doubled in price for sale!)

What I gained.... a **** ton of knowledge, you see nothing that was modified was available to purchase, I had to design and build (or have built) all the parts needed to make all those modifications, and there was no internet to assist with knowledge gain or parts location.