I appreciate the concern and the responses. She'll be back in no time. I'm not looking to restore it. Several things I want to change. I always wondered what it would look like without the drip rails anyway. It's not going to be shown, just look cool. So a bit of filler and sheet metal will get her around.
Maybe start a build thread in the "Project" section when you begin - it will be interesting to watch how you progress on this from swamp to driver