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If you have a place to keep it for a few years I would start the disassembly process as soon as you can. By some nice rubbermaid tubs and catalog everything as you tear it down, don't throw ANYTHING away unless its truly unusable garbage. Put the engine in a corner and forget about it, it is meaningless to the project until the chassis is usable. I think your outlook on the project will brighten as soon as you have a blank canvas so to say. Its amazing the energy you will have for the project once its down to its bones and thoroughly pressure washed inside/ outside. Focus on one major area at a time and dont skip around thats where projects go awry and end up in the classified section. Establish a goal of where you want the project to be whether its simply a structurally sound driver or a full resto. Don't set a date goal, you will easily exceed that .... if you absolutely have to put a date on it then take what you think is reasonable and double it. Do one thing every single day, it might be 1:30am Christmas morning or just after thanksgiving dinner but tack weld that panel, strip the rest of that fender, weld that one rust pinhole whatever just do something. People will think you are crazy, thats ok they just don't have anything special going on in their own lives. They will jealously live through you but never let you know how ****ing cool it is. The ones that actually care about you will want to help with the project!! Keep them around, give them beer, food and respect. Good luck and if you are reading this you could have done something to the car instead of being on Pelican.
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