Well, after the head cold from hell
, I made it back to the shop, been cleaning parts and tackled the broken exhaust studs.
It took a few try.
The customer had stopped by and I got the chance to find out what his budget is.
My plan is to get all the mechanicals rebuilt restored, then see how far I go from there. My guess a body shop works with lower labor rates than I do, so rust repair may go somewhere else, time will tell.