After thinking about it, mulling over the pro's and con's, I won't be scrapping it and getting another project. The welding needed might be slightly more than I'd be comfortable attempting, and a lot more work than I first imagined, but I'm not in a rush to finish the car. As for just patching it up, again with time not being an issue, if I can wait and get any panels needed I'd prefer that and have it done properly. As to if its an RS or a Bonus shell, it makes no odds to me, no reason to not do it properly. After all, I don't intend on rebuilding it back to bonus spec, this is my blank canvas to work with, might take me a year or 3 to finish, learning some bits along the way, but I'll get there.