Funny, that I did a 4 year frame off, 90% resto finished in 88. Had a few good years going to local car shows, as a work in progress till 1991.
Then career demands..life responsibilities.. etc etc..Now I and the son in his mid 30s are playing catch up. We dropped a Offenhauser 360 intake, with a Holley 4bbl 390 cfm on the 225 V6, after installing "Melling Engine Parts" new oil pump gears, push rods and lifters. The interior will be last.
It's ironic that it's far easier getting reproduction interior trim, (those rear seat chrome courtesy lamps with the plastic lenses..(on the sail panels) and numerous other body parts such as reproduction rear quarter panels, floor pans, trunk floors. NOW that it's a classic !! Back in the 80s the salvage yards still has some old 60's and 70's.. trickling it. You had to know which models shared some of the same running gear, suspension, interior parts, much of which was worn more than the part you already had. Not to mention, the assistance of the internet re searching nationwide vs trudging up and down rows of wrecks. There was no such thing as doing an inventory check for parts from your desktop / smartphone the value of comparison shopping, vs maintaining a rolodex or index card files, and word of mouth. That was a major value in going to swap meets...