Jody: Welcome to the Shelby list................ Congrats on the car, it's unfortunate the circumstances on how you acquired it, but at least it has stayed in the family. If I may make a suggestion: If the car is as nice as you say, and is in original condition, I would think twice about doing a full restoration, as opposed to just a freshening up, and to have the car be mechanically sound. You see that true "unrestored" original cars are very rare these days. Something to consider. Kenny