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That the inner rockers looking good is consistent with the rotted from bottom up due to being on dirt. Pull the seats, see what else you can see.

The outer rockers and rear seat pans can wait. No shame in some rust in the former and no shame in a boge repair on the latter. Cut out the rust at the bottom of the seat pans, bash some sheet metal to about the right shape, weld/rivet it in, seam seal (or caulk if you are really going budget). Stored inside where no more water can get it from bad seals, it will be fine. You don’t need to buy the replacement panels unless it is really bad. You can do the rockers when you have time and money to paint it.

Brakes, you do absolutely need brakes, but are the metal lines rusted out? All of them? Even so the complete brake line kit is $140. Rubber lines and rebuild kits for the calipers and MC are cheap.

Suspension, steering, what is shot/unsafe now? Suspension is a weekend or two and some money when you have both down the road. And it does not have to be the most expensive stuff available to be fine. If it gets KYB and URO instead of bilstein and Elephant facing, I don’t think you (or your daughter) will love it any less.

What’s wrong with the wiring? Have you hooked up a battery and started checking things?

Carbs? How do they look? One advantage of it sitting for so long is that it probably did not have ethanol fuel in it to destroy everything. After you change the oil, pull the plugs, dump atf in the cylinders and spin it over, check valve adjustment etc. or however you want to get it prepped for a first start, see if it runs as is. If nothing else, a running engine will add a lot to sale value.

The other consideration is that the market for early cars, especially rough ones, is not what it was. There is no way this car is an economical top flight restoration where someone could make money paying someone to do the work so that is going to hamper the price you get. And, the SC or whatever you buy with the proceeds may need a lot of the same work this one does save the rust repair.

Another thought to consider, just because it needs it, and it’s going to cost money, does not mean you need to buy it now. There are plenty of inexpensive/free things you can start and do while you consider options. If nothing else, going through the needs and knocking some of them off will make it a more compelling sale ad.

I don’t mean to sound so interested, but, while not a Porsche, I recently saved a vehicle (not quite this far gone) which I did for my SO. It was very satisfying and not that expensive because I set out with the idea it would not be perfect. I did a bunch of rust repair (still have a bit to go but I did quick and dirty patches for now where not structural and I am not a great welder of sheet metal), full service, some exhaust, replaced all the brake lines, cleaned out the interior carpet, got some rubber mats for cheap and threw on some seat covers (used off craigslist from a Porsche of all things), replaced all the brake lines, replaced the MC, wheel cylinders etc. bought some inexpensive tires, fixed 90% of the little stuff wrong (leaking lines, sendors, replaced bulbs and a couple lights), got it to where I felt it was safe enough, and started driving it. A couple things popped up as one would expect, but I addressed them (completely irrelevant to this car, but I fixed the computer with three capacitors which saved me several hundred dollars). On the other hand, some stuff I thought I would have to do, turned out to be fine (suspension for one).