Possible First Project?

[thefenderbender]

I’m a female college student who has always wanted a Chevy project truck and have recently come across a ’71 Chevy Longhorn 4x4. Considering I live in Alaska the amount of rust on it is normal for a vehicle of that age that originated form here – but still enough to make it look scary when I can see the ground through the floor! However, this being a possible first project for myself with a huge learning curve ahead I was looking for some outside opinions. I release that the work ahead of me would be hard, spendy, uphill and require more time than I can commit to at the moment. What are your thoughts and opinions on it and the price tag of $1,000?

The current owner did what bodywork he could and it has Bondo in a few interesting places. It still has the original engine/tranny, but he says it would need the timing adjusted as it was backing last time he ran it and the heads should be replaced. It has been sitting outside year round from what I can tell and the rear tires are beyond flat. I haven’t been able to see it run yet – he needs to dump the fuel in the lines, put the set back in, and try to put air in the tires before we can adventure for a ride. I wanted to see if it was worth what he was asking before he put the work into doing that for me. I’m not sure what more I need to find out about it beyond that.

I need all the help and suggestions I can get!