Picked up a 1971 1802

[rturbo 930]

That thing is crispy. This is my advice. Get it running and safe. Dont put any money into the body.. Drive it for a while and if you decide you really like it get a cheap late model shell out of Calif that cant pass smog ... That shell you have there will bleed you dry trying to make it nice. Unless you want to just practice your welding skills theres something to that too but youre going to find a ton more rust underneath everything

As someone who has had a few rusty old cars, LISTEN TO BLUNT. Hard to see exactly how bad it is from the pics you posted, but if it's really rusty, drive it around (because a POS is more fun than nothing), and save up for a clean chassis from a dry state. That's what I'm doing right now with my 240z.

If you've got the fab skills needed to fix it, go for it, but if not, don't bother trying to fix it.