Newbie. First post here. Let me start by saying I'm Pinto stupid. I know absolutely nothing about them except they're popular for builds for various reasons. I recently acquired a '77 Cruising Wagon. It's pretty much all there. Some rust in the floor pans and a busted front windshield, but other than that it looks pretty good and straight. The guy I got it from said it had a few things in it that were kinda rare and could be worth something (I remember him mentioning the three gauge cluster over in the middle of the car). Anyway, the point to my post: I am wanting to put this on the strip, but before I get started I wanted to be sure I'm not cutting up a rare unicorn or something like that. If so, I'll sell it and move onto something else. I can't stand it when people ruin rare setups. I simply don't know if this is or not.
I got it up in the air last night and was shocked at the minimal "frame" that is under there! Will need some serious beefing up just to withstand 500hp. Would I be better off getting a truck frame or something and setting this body on it?
Thanks in advance