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WOW!! Thanks for all the positive replies!
At first I thought I was taking a gamble with it, but I think I did all right.
Just picked up a new alternator and belts tonight...a little bit at a time.
I was wrong about the bondo. There are two dents on the back. One has bondo and the other dent could probably be popped out and looking pretty good if a can find a good bodyshop. At least no bondo from rust holes.
Speaking of rust, haha, I did find some small holes in the drivers side floor panel when I ripped the carpet out. Probably rusted from all the moisture from the holes in the top, combined with all the rat piss.
Speaking of rats, it turns out they did like the taste of vinyl seats, so I'll be looking for suggestions on interior restoration- door panels, seats, carpet. At least the dash is cherry. I couldn't believe it.
Now some questions---why is the distributor coil bracket on the front right of the engine, yet there isn't a distributor wire long enough to reach it. I had to custom make one.
And , dang it, why did they have to put the #2 spark plug right behind the A/C compressor? That one caused a bloody knuckle or two.
Anyway, I want to drive it NOW! Ahhhhhhh!
Thanks for all the advice, and I'm going to keep giving updates.
Peace, Atdog
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