Ah, btw, the settlement the company offered was quite large. I got the white Healey in my signature with it. It's an all original, one-previous-owner car, garage kept and driven on weekends. Not a spot of rust on the chassis, and with the factory hardtop.
Now IMOP you really have a good deal. However, back in the70's that other pile of junk might have been economically restortable but it is a different story to day even if you have the capability to do all the work yourself.