Nothing is "THAT" bad. Often on this board and others you are just getting opinions. Everyone has them and many are different.
Give it a shot, see what you get. It's not a "Palmer" after all.
Seems to me the worst you'll have to deal with, as in many older kits and reissues, will be flash, so you'll have to do a little more work to make it look nice. You can do it if you really want that car in that year..