Thanks Walt. Hopefully I can gain some knowledge here, and bring something to the table as I'm going through this car.
Brian- Short version of the story is that I found this car in Nevada in 2008. Had been sitting since 1983. I got it running out there and had it transported back to Mass. I quickly tore through it and started the frame off. It's funny how easily they come apart, but fail to go back together as quickly.
So I painted and went through the chassis in 2009 and everything looked great. I put the body on 4X4 posts on top of the frame so I could paint the underside in the fall, but the car sat outside through the winter with a ton of snow on it, and the rockers got crushed. I realized this too late and stored the car in the cellar of a barn which, given the moisture and dampness, destroyed all the work I did on the chassis and actually rusted more than the car did sitting in the desert for 26 years.
So fast forward to 2012, and I've bought a house with a garage where I can properly go through the car again.
I've stripped the paint and started to realize that the quarters are shot, and the windshield channel up to and including the dash (up to the vents) disappeared when I wire wheeled it. So I decided to cut the cowl out of a Skylark in San Jose, so I can replace the dash completely and use the windshield channel as well.
There was a lot of bondo in this car which didn't show at first. Seeing as the owner was 65 when she bought the car, it makes sense. She hit everything but the lottery in this car.