Looks interesting. How much lower do you think he'd go? Looks like the floors and the trunk are toast. Wonder how the frame rails look.
The interior looks toast...it may take a lot to gix that one up. But he may be willing to let it go for cheaper $$$. I'd offer him 4k and see what he says, he may come back with 5k or 6k, either way, you've saved some money
. Truely though, the reality is your buying a car that needs 80% resto and you're not sure what's wrong with the brakes either, so worst case, it may need floors, interior, and brakes. He's admitted to bondo in the 1/4's, just how much will determine if you'll need to get new skins or whole 1/4's.
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but take a step back and really look into what you're buying and what you can afford to put into it. Sometimes we get caught up in the "awe"
of buying one of these cars and forget the reality of how hard it is to rewire a new dash or cut out floor pans and put new ones in.
Just my
.