I’d be torn too!! I’ve bought stuff in Bay before to get it and cut the life out of it only to get it in hand and tell myself, Nope, can’t do it! I have a collection of 40 Fords from the Bay and was gonna cut most of them up but I didn’t as I saw them as survivors! Yeah I can be a sucker for a well built and kool survivor only from the stand point, It’s only going to be “THAT” kool, once!! Yes it could be changed into something else and possibly even kooler. But! Do you want to ruin the Koolness it’s in now?
The 59 that I got from you is one case in point. I had an idea of hacking it up and making a kustom out of it. Now I’d be happy putting a set of headlights back in it and leaving it just as it is.. Am I getting old and soft? Maybe in some cases but some times I just like the original kool and leave it as such!
Me personally I’d keep it as is! But that’s just my two cents...