First place to start on a restoration?

[jon rand]

If its that bad I would say find a western shell.I know how it is to try to fix a rotted out car beining from Ohio. It's alot of money ,work and in the end you have a patched up car that will never be worth what you have in it. If you just figure the cost for parts-New quarters 1,200,New floores and braces 600. Trunk floor 300, inner and outer tubs 500 and a doner car with a good frame 500 your looking atleast $3,100 thats if you can do all the work yourself. So forget about looking for a western shell, find a whole car and keep yours for parts. Thats just my opinion I have tried to fix a bunch of rotted stuff in my day and unless it's an SS - Z/28 or something rare its not worth it.Sometimes even then its not worth it. I just scraped a 67 396/375 chevelle because it was to far gone. I did though keep any salvagable part,might find a good body one day.