I did this years ago but never put in a cossie engine as was too young
I had this exact colour car but it got written off before I could paint it.
I then put all the bits into a white shell and did a 500 replica with 2.0 pinto, did it all on my mums drive except the spraying which I paid someone to do, it was a very enjoyable project and I would deffo consider doing something similar again

good luck mate