Wrecked 1970 TA on ebay

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The car is located about 2.5 hours from me. The owner agreed to let me take a look at the car today. Car is rough but truly not as rough as I thought it would me. The rear body panel and rails are very nice and will pass with ease. Deck lid and panel beneath rear glass will need replacing, the owner has a deck lid off a mid 75 TA that he agreed to give to the auction winner. Deck lid is very nice and looks the same but I'm not sure if it will fit due to year??? Trunk floor has rust in a 4" x 6" area. In my opinion this rust can be cut out and patched without a complete trunk floor. I had a tough time looking at the entire floor from the inside since all the interior was still in the car. Looking from beneath the car, there's rust in all 4 floor pans. Again not real bad but in my opinion the easiest fix would be to replace the entire floor panel from toe kick to area beneath rear seat. Section under rear seat looked very good and will clean up nicely. Cowl has surface rust across top but nothing rusted through, it should clean up. Drivers door shell is solid with exception of the outer skin. Based on what Steve said finding a skin in near impossible. The passengers door shell is wasted and will need replacing. After looking at Steve's fender pics I can say both fenders are correct and will need replacing. Subframe will need replacing, its bent in the front crossmember area. The owner had a subframe from a 73 Firebird with disc brakes rolling. It also has the front urethane nose attached with both left and right brackets. He agreed to sell the rolling subframe to the buyer for $500. The nose will need some repair because of spider webbing in an area but it's really a pretty nice nose. Next I went to the engine, the oil stick had some rust on the bottom 1/8" with no other signs of liquid's. Evidently the original owner pulled the oil plug at some point and time, I found it in the drivers seat. The engine isn't stuck, I did see it turn for what it's worth. Radiator is bowed in the center but didn't damage the fan. I've had radiators rebuilt years ago if the tanks are good. Both tanks appear to be good, not sure but possible to have this radiator recored? Transmission and rearend both looked okay, no visible damages to either that I could see. All 4 wheels are correct JW and what I'm guessing was the original spare in the trunk with jack assembly. In summary, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. My brother in law is a superb body man and he's agreed to help me restore the car. He was ith me today and looked it over with me. There was a old tarp lying around the car, it evidently rotted off years ago. I just can't believe the guy actually let the car set and didn't attempt to keep it covered or inside. I really don't know if I'm ready to give up the time, money and endless complaining by my wife and sister in law. A restoration like this could certainly cause divorces.