Yup, if you strip it down she will rust...
Decide on the level of resto you want to get into.
Make a plan.
and stick to it.
If you want to strip it to bare metal you would be better off to strip the car down, remove any/all trim, fill holes from trim you dont plan on putting back on and either have the car dipped or blasted down, filled then painted.
This is a big project and can get out of control quick, fyi.
Cause while its stripped, you might as well drop a ford 9" in the rear.
And if your doing that you might as well put in a 4 link suspension (if its for the strip).
then you might as well pull the motor and put in a 454 bbc.
and so on and so on.
If you want to make the car nice and straight, clean paint job and a decent motor thats a lot easier and quicker of a project and it can be on the road again for next season.
Sand, fill, remove trim if required and just prep for paint.
I have built several cars and never stripped one down to bare metal.
And i currently have one in my garage where i am trying to get the project under control again.....
400 sbc freshly rebuild but not started. So its got to be stripped down and re-lubed and reassembled.
But if I am tearing it down i could either
1) reduce the compression and install the 671 blower i already own....
hmm.... and i have the spacer plate for a nice little moderate NOS system....
2) destroke with a 350 crank as they rev super fast and high rpm.
but then might as well go cast crank
then might as well go full roller motor...
and so on and so on.
Make a plan,
is this car for the fun of the drive or the fun of the build
Personally I wouldnt strip it down to bare metal unless you were stripping it and sending it to paint right away!
But thats just me.
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