Finally got started. The front clip is off and motor is out. The inner fenders are going to be powder coated and I need to do some rust repair on the firewall, lower cowl, and radiator core support. And apparently my car was originally an SS 396. It's got the 4N fisher body code that supposedly represents the L35 SS396. Does anyone know any details on that? It might change my plans from PT to resto. Anyway here's her current state:
the junk crate motor:

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cowl rust:
firewall rust:
The subframe is solid and just had some surface rust: