Looking for advice. Want to build a Duster to run on a budget.

no, no, see... he's trying to normalize the chicken wire and bondo hackery so that when he goes to sell the car it's totally acceptable.

"you see, because this isn't a high value car... and i've taken these steps of preservation.... this makes it a good value in the marketplace..."

just don't drive it regularly or the 1/4's will fall out of it.
It’s actually sad really. I see cars “fixed” (used very loosely, like big Cindy loose) like that and it hurts me because I know what’s hiding under it, and usually the car deserves a better owner. It’s like a pit bull that’s chained to a tree and bites anyone that comes near it.