ClassicCar

Let me ask you something.



Is it that you like this year and make of car, or this specific car?



You have chosen a car whose deteriorated condition will require a lot out of you -- both in terms of time and money. And in terms of experience, which you do not have.



If this partic ular car has sentimental meaning for you (it was your grandfather's, or it was the car that you and your dad had chosen to restore) then by all means go ahead with it.



But if you chose this car because you like the styling or some other feature about that particular year, you should realize that you can get a much more presentable example of this car, for not a whole lot of money. One that doesn't have "rust issues", one that has all its glass, one which you can hop into and drive. You will still have a lot to do on it, but you can do this restoration a little at a time, while you drive and enjoy the car.



With the car you have now, you will not be able to do this. The car will sit and sit, while you save money to buy new glass, and tires, and materials with which to get it into presentable enough condition just to drive it.



So, if you want to fix this specific car up, go for it, but just be forewarned that this will probably take you a lot of months (or years) and thousands of dollars, to get it into decent (not award winning) shape.



But otherwise, I'd suggest you go to Hemmings.com and look under "Dodge" and see if you can't get a really nice version of this car for two or three thousand dollars that you can enjoy right now. (Here's a convertible version for $3,000: http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/dodge/dart/688323.html ). For that same two or three thousand dollars, you won't even be done with the rust work on the car you now have.