[Maxwellvon]

Thanks for all the encouragement guys. I've got her running pretty well and have put 50 miles on running around town. It sure is fun to drive and turns a lot of heads.
Unfortunately I think I "hit the wall" so to speak today. I have registered and insured the car but I can't drive it until I repair the floor section of the trunk either temporarily with patches or correctly with a replacement panel as fumes enter the cabin and I start turning blue. I went to a local restoration shop and the owner is very knowledgeable of 1970's GM products. He took one look at my trunk floor and pointed to the rear window, "that's your problem, they all leaked at the rear window. Not worth saving unless you have the skills or the cash. We'd charge $4000 to fix it without paint." I poked the bottom of the rear glass at the corners and flakes of rust fell below into the trunk. It was raining tonight and I could see the constant drip of water at both bottom sides of the rear window entering the trunk. I was hoping it was just a bad trunk seal. Now I'm at the cross roads. I don't want to remove the rear window only to discover terminal cancer and have to fabricate sheetmetal since nobody makes replacement sheetmetal for these cars. The car is far from perfect and I knew I'd have to put a lot into it long term but since discovering the lack of aftermarket parts for this vintage I'm getting discouraged. I guess I should take a long term approach instead of trying to get it road worthy before the snow flies.
It's just too nice to scrap. I wish I had a better skill set to tackle this (and a welder and compressor). I may have to move off of this and pass it on to somebody more qualified for a DIY restoration.