EDIT FROM MY ORIGINAL POST TO EXPLAIN WHY.
Go for it, sell the jeep, get the cruiser, get the cheapest maaco paint job. Fix everything wrong with it, Probably the optispark.. then maybe look out for a cheap Thirdgen, in case your intrested in a burgandy gta heres a link to one Under $1000
http://www.bargainnews.com/viewad.cf...&TheDealer=873 drive the caprice till the next fbody is fixed then sell the caprice.
Was that serious enough?