Project Crossroads (Sheetmetal Hell)

[Chicken Louie]

So here I am at a crossroads so to speak. I bought a project car a few years back, bought a LS and suspension goodies brakes etc, etc. Blasted the car and it revealed that not only the quarters/tail panel were bad. But the cowl, toe panels need replacement and there is some rework on doors, fenders etc?
I was going to do as much as I could myself, but I have looked into what I have to replace and add into the budget for paint and interior and now I am thinking why am I not buying a car that was redone a few years ago and install all my drive train and suspension goodies?

I may be further ahead at the end of the day and on the road a lot quicker. The down side is I don’t get to do some of the custom stuff I was thinking of doing.

For those of you who have gone down this road my hat off to you but do you think I am crazy for thinking this way?