Its all in what you want to do. I live in NE Ohio,right in the middle of the so called rust belt.I spent a lot of time upgrading my 55 into a driver friendly streetrod that looks great. I only take it out to cruisins and shows. Cant see it getting road salt on it and oh yeah a bunch of parking lot dings But if I wanted it would make an excellent daily driver. So when you get yours restored ,it will be easy for you to make that decision.