You really need to have vision when you start a project like this. To some people, this car would be a POS. Something to discard. But you have vision. You turned it into a beautiful show car. Most people wouldn't want to do the work necessary either. You pulled it off.
When I bought the Y88, my wife saw a junk car. She figured I has a vision of what the car could be. My older daughter saw a junk car. My younger daughter saw a beautiful Trans Am. She said the car had a lot of potential and likes it better than my black four speed.
Some people have it, some don't.