hello i have rebuilt a mgb from the ground up before so im not new to the type of work involed but i am new to the mustang. after watching me rebuild my car and choosing all the parts i wanted my wife decieded that she wanted a car to replace the mustang grande she had as her first car. i told her to wait for the right car to come alone but shes a woman. know we have a 1971 junk heap sitting in the yard and im unsure if it can be rebuilt or how to go about it. most cars rust from the bottom up and all the parts required can be bought new. this car has rusted from the top down and the parts are not available new. i need to replace or rebuild the panel between the front window and the fire wall plus the strucual panel beneath it . i have the same problem with the rear panel between the truck and the rear window plus the structual piece that holds the trunk lid to the panel. the only other bad rust is in the bottom of the drivers side a-post where the hinges connect the door, front of the hood but they do make hoods and a bent front valance my questions are
1/ is rust in this area common ( if its common it makes it harder to find scrap cars with good parts) 2/ from exsperiance do you think that its better to rebuild a car like i discribe rather than buying a diffrent one and using this as a donor 3/ where is the best place to get parts that i require 4/ any one parting out something that would fitp.s the car is being rebuilt to drive so i can take a few short cuts like borrowing parts from a diffent car etc