1965 409 Impala 2 Door

[BowtieGent]

Looking for some opinions here, Good, Bad OR Ugly. I expect no less from the MANY knowledgeable members here. Here goes:

I have a good buddy that came upon a '65 Impala for sale. Born a 409 2-door, NON SS, NON Posi diff (Dana?), Cypress Green Metallic (JJA) with Green cloth & vinyl Bench seat interior (826G). It's in need of full restoration, but is a solid platform in which to build on. Built 5th week of Dec '64 (12E). Has the 1/4" return fuel line from pump as well as the ballast resistor on the firewall, which i'm told is 409 ONLY. (396 had no return line).

The car needs full interior, hood, trunk lid, floor and trunk pans as well as some patching around the front and rear windows (typical for his neck of the woods), and paint.
Engine and trans have long been removed.

Looking for any and all thoughts and opinions about what to do with this car, considering only 2828 were built with 409's in '65. He is thinking of selling it, and would like to know what a respectable asking price would be, as it currently sits. He bought the car as a parts car due to it being a 12-bolt, but once he found out it was a 409 car, he changed his mind; and the fact that it was a non-posi Dana diff.

Thanks in advance everyone.