longs revealed - changes my opinion., deciding on fate of the project, need knowledgeable evals Options

[Calwaterbear]

since I originally posted the photos, I kept digging. was very concerned about what the longs looked like, so take a look , new photos of longs added
OK guys,
I had this project (72 1700) sitting around for 10 years, the first 3 covered and protected. after a windstorm took out my shed - it's been sitting out since then.
The body strikes me as being very solid, but it does have a few rust issues in wierd places as far as I can tell. It sure looks to me like most rust was caused by rain leaking into the interior. There is some what I would consider minor hell hole issues, can't really see the longs - but looks like 1 baseball sized hole - the rest very solid!

I have to decide what to do. I would like to return it to a daily driver fun car status, but I just took on a big Land Rover project, and my skill set knowledge is a much better match to the rover than the 914. And we all know what time drains these things are.

so can I impose on the knowledgeable to take a look at 15 or so photos and give me their honest opinion on value if I was to sell it as it sits, vrs condition skill required to put it back to functional. It was running when it was bought, drove it onto and off the trailer.

If so, would I just post photos here, or is there a better way to do that ?

thanks

Carl J
Fresno Ca

[Calwaterbear]

OK guys, I realized it all depends on the Longs. I was worried because there is a hole in the floorboard inboard of the longs, and the screws were completely rusted. So I ground off the screws, pushed out the plastic rivets, and exposed the longs.

I was really suprized: Check out the pictures I should have cleaned em up, still dirty, but completely solid as far as I can tell



so now I basically have to repair a 3" square in the floor board, a 1.5 X 3" hole in the hell hole, a 2 inch square inboard of the longs in the outer floor pan, and about 6 inches square along the front passenger side - where that strofoam filler trapped water. But after I repair those 4 simple weld in patches, it goes off for prep and paint - traded out an unused old suburban I had laying around (valued at about 1500 bucks) for the prep and paint by a guy with a good track record of excellent work. i suspect that trade saved me about 3500 for the cost of the paintjob.