You will have more time and money in fixing that than building one from scratch. And it will still be a hacked up car when you're done. Good used cars are cheap now. If it doesn't have a current tag on it, I would pass, regardless what it looks like. That wouldn't pass with any inspectors I know. The stories I could tell about projects that started out with something like that to save money. Most of the time it ends up being thrown in the trash and maybe saving a rear end and some brakes and wheels out of it. Not bashing. I just hate to see people waste money.