It's a shame but It's obviously a life long dream to build a car like this and the money or value is not what will please him as having an awesome race car. It's probably too much trouble finding another straight and rust free body. Plus his has a history compared to a slant 6 Belvedere clone. You can see how someone might rationalize such a decision. You can start the build with no waiting right away. Of course, you could probably build an identical car just with the proceeds of selling this one. The real Hemi car will not be any faster or look any different than a clone would. It's just a bird in the hand and it saves a lot if time and trouble for him. I would trade my numbers matching, rotisserie restored 69 4 speed fastback for it. It's still on casters waiting to be assembled! Worth a try?