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I am not sure how true this advice holds for Patrols, but in building a VW Beetle and a Corvette and learning from my own and others' mistakes: if nothing else, get a car with a straight and solid body.
Engines can be rebuilt stronger and better than factory. Suspensions beg to be beefed up. Transmissions can be had at a junkyard. An interior costs about the same to restore whether it "needs a little TLC" or whether it was used as a henhouse for ten years.
Bodywork is different. Bodywork is expensive. Bodywork is difficult. Once a car needs serious bodywork, it is very difficult ever to bring it back to factory quality.
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