For some reason the image in the first post looks like nova converted to a Duster. It was my first thought when I saw it.

Yep look at the rear side glass and the rear slopes off more

Not to me

Nova < > Duster

That's the same car save for the paintjobs.

BACK SIDE GLASS is not swing out, it’s a Nova glass

I sold my Duster for $25K last summer. It was running, driving, legit 10 second street car with low deck 512, EFI, Ford 9 inch, 13 inch brake rotors, 17 inch rims, etc. Most of the parts were new, body was clean with all bodywork done but no final paint. I think a shop could sell a roller for something in the high 20's and make money but they would need a supply of clean rollers coming in the door. Might be able to do a few cars a year at that price but wouldn't be a volume business since the supply of original cores has pretty much dried up.

You have some good eyes to be able to see cage and chassis work in a couple cars with no interior shots, and assessing a working shop on what appears to be a storage area. They have a phone number...

I'm not sure how that translates to them talking about their experience. The world is a different place so they lost their experience and vision somehow?

Their "vision" of finding cores and building cars for the money they are talking is going to be a little tough when costs have gone way up, a lot of it double, in the last two years, Everything, down to welding consumables, tubing, nuts and bolts, paint, and every single part on the car...when you can get it.

Rust free Dusters and Darts in the northern midwest for 5K? Sign me up for a few of those. Being able to build a good car from nothing, painted and ready for an engine and trans for 50K? And make money doing it? More questions than answers here.

Not questioning experience or ability. Just what corners have been cut to be able to do it. Enough guys here have built cars themselves and know what stuff costs.