Originally Posted by GT350R Klone

Chances are if you start pulling it apart, it will never get back together again, regardless of your intentions starting out.

I would do a "rolling restoration" .

Get the car operational
- get it to start
- get it to run
- get it to steer and stop correctly (brakes, suspension, tires....)
- get all the lights working
- get all the gauges working

Now you should be able to drive it and get to know the car and decide what you want to do next with it; do you want to put another $3K-$6K into it, to do the interior/exterior. Next do body / paint and the last thing is to do the interior.

Note that this is a difference sequence of events if you were doing a full blown restoration, where paint would come first. However, most cars that are taken apart with the intent of a full restoration end up as a bunch of parts taking up room in someone's garage for years.