Ditto on bodywork restoration! Once the running gear is safe and reliable, making one look nice is another bottomless pit of money-grabbing projects! Hand-making sheet metal patch panels on big bolts can get time-intensive, if not actually out-of-pocket expensive!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!