My advice would be to part that car out and use that $5k to buy a better car that's not going to need bodywork and a repaint. You might get the rockers off and find that it's just masking serious damage to the inner rockers, plus my guess is that the floors are rusted out underneath the carpet.
If it was a more worthy car like a mid-60s Duetto, I say yes, it's worth saving. But not a beat-up 88.
If it was a more worthy car like a mid-60s Duetto, I say yes, it's worth saving. But not a beat-up 88.