my '75 rehab/recovery thread, I'm going to need a LOT of advice!! Options

[DRPHIL914]

Picked up this 1.8 1975 l-jet
That has sat in storage for at least 10 years.
Was used as an ax car, and was stripped down to start restoration and at that point quit.
Had a good structure- I'd say good bones. Jack points and longs are good condition. One spot that needs some fix but the goal here is to just see if it will run first. If I can get it running , i will take everything interior wise off the copper 75 I have, transfer it over to have a nice driver while the copper car gets the long and Jack point repair etc done over the next year. I will need wiring advice for sure!!

[DRPHIL914]

i want to try and see if the car will run, so i need to sort thru the wiring enough to do that. any Advice? i had read someone put the schematics on a big poster board/s is that correct? if so where can i find that?

or is there is a simple list of wire colors matched wiht what they are? the gauges are disconnected . do i need to reconnect all the items to just see if the engine will start, crank?

- second question is you can see from the photos that the car is pretty clean, panels are straight, only one spot of rust on the car, and the trunks are rust free and straight except for a 1/4" spot on the front trunk of surface rust.
, so the question is is it worth having the car repainted (will i get the money back out of it if i spend $2500 or less for a respray? or just clean it up and put it together.
the end goal is make it a nice driver that i can use while other car is repaired, then it will be resold. - its a 75 1.8, so nothing really special -except i am told, and i have to verify it, but the car was used for auto cross and the p.o. had racing level suspension , elephant racing bushings, etc etc and no rust in floor,jack points, or longs , or trunk s so good bones here - any suggestion s on how much $$ i put into something like paint and what my return is likely to be?

phil