^^^ I'd bet on a Poly 318. Which is fine, but not as romantic as a BB to most.
Pretty sure patch panels are available for the fenders, not sure on quarters.
On one of my early Bs we had to fab lower outer quarters - not too hard; luckily the drop-offs were good.
That was about 10 years ago.

This is the bad side ..


A lot about the car is really great, the interior is quite nice .. little clean up I'd drive it ..i might end up keeping it , just not sure yet ..talking to a local body shop about repair / cost ..


It is a really, really complete car .. nothing missing or bent and junk

318 / auto ..I bet it could start up with a small amount of effort ..

My vote is to fix her.

Some barn finds are incredible. About 10 years ago, I bought a '64 Dodge 2dr post, from under a barn. Read 12K miles. Long story short, I had it trailered home, while still sitting in my yard, a guy made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He got it home and found the keys in the air filter. In the glove compartment he found the original purchasers drivers license (born 1898), and service records ending around 10K miles. the front tires were original. In other words it actually had about 12K miles.

Doesn't look too bad on the "bad" side! I think it looks great in white with that red trim! Such cool cars.