possible 55 chevy p/u project...need opinions

[68c10owner]

i went and looked at a 55 project tonight. It`s a small window short bed truck thats mostly all there but completely taken apart. The cab is off, the front clip is in one piece but is off, the bed is off, ect. The body is in very good shape. I did`nt see any rot in the cab corners or rockers. There is some rust on the floors but did`nt see anything rotted through. Someone started adding swing pedals and butcherd the firwall a little bit but I`m pretty confident that I can repair it. The rest of the body is in similar condition. Aside from some broken off bolts in some of the mounting holes, it looks like the body would be pretty easy to finish nice. My main concern is the chassis. Someone clipped it as some point with what the kid thinks is from a caddy. It`s a IFS with 5 lug and disc brakes thats the same width as the original frame. what they did was cut the frame just ahead of the rear mount of the front leafs and welded in this clip that has curved front rails. I was planning to do a camaro or MII frontend but I don`t know if that would be possible from how the frame is modified now. I`ve got a couple pics of the chassis but they are too big to load and I can`t resize them. they don`t show the frontend too well either. If I get this, should I try to fix the original frame or look for another frame, possible from a later year? what do you guys think?