My friends just see a 69 Nova ss with good sheet metal and interior and want it restored to original,they havent seen how badly hacked the rear section is also the drive shaft came thru the floor a few times pans arent rusted just look like hell from underneath ,I saw an article about tieing the frt and rear together with a channel run thru the floor pans so I'll prob go that route .I am gonna look into cage options,I guess it better stay,didnt realise the body strengthening it provided ,sorry guys ,this is my first uni body ,Chevelle had a frame