1979 Spirit AMX 304/4 Speed

I was finally able to pick up some fender flares for a reasonable price! If you end up seeing this, thanks again Ken!

The rear two have a bit of rash on them like this:

Since these are so flexible, what could I do to repair them? I don't plan on putting them on the car this summer, maybe over the winter if I can paint the car in the fall. It'll rock the "Roadkill" look until I can put money into cosmetics.

But none of that matters unless I can title this car! The paperwork for this car seems to be stuck in DMV purgatory. I have a clear Missouri title signed (and not notorized) by a Kansas resident. Then the car traded hands locally a few times without being registered, and now I've got in Ohio. I've tried contacting the original owner with no luck (he refuses to return my calls). If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. My next idea is to see if the Kansas Highway Patrol will allow me to send pictures of the car in lieu of an in-person inspection, and then that fellow can finish titling the car into his name, then I can "buy" it from him. After that, it's a game of going through with a costly (and not guaranteed) court ordered title.

So for now, everything else is planning for the future. But here's how the car sits today:

Neighboring my uncle's 1972 MGB in need of a complete suspension rebuild.

The only "work" I did, apart from fixing the driver's door handle, was taking apart the dashboard to see what wiring situation I'm diving into. According to 83GT (previous owner), this car used to have a Mopar 360 in it.

My 304 in all of its dilapidated glory. I'm going to assume it's stock, and I assume it will run with minor work, since it turns and has compression. I will still go through it and give it a fresh coat of AMC Metallic Blue once I get rid of all the smog equipment. 

I've amassed a $450 cart on RockAuto for a clutch, brakes, suspension parts, spark plugs, etc. I have a radiator that may need work, I haven't checked it yet. And then with various fluids, odds and ends, and a windshield, hopefully I won't have to put more than $1000 into it to run it this summer. My plan is to have it ready for the Roadkill Zip Tie Drags in Norwalk at the end of June. I'll essentially have two months to meet that goal.

So again, I need to first and foremost title this car properly and then begin work on the wiring situation. I have two extra wiring harnesses if there's a disaster waiting. I'm desperate to resolve this title crisis, so if you have any advice, please let me know!