I might sound crude... but hear me out.

I have an Eye condition that I had forever, I can use a cornea transplant.

Over 30 years ago I asked the optometrist How much it is, He simply answered: if you have to ask its not for you.

Knowing what I know now,  the only part of that particular issue is wether or not the hood lines up correctly. Everything can be repaired/replaced either now or later.  From the pictures that car looks to be well on the way to being back on the road as is.  It looks like the familiar story of someone starting a  Z dream project and then realizing the amount of resources needed to finish.  A "punt" project if you will.... and probably trying to minimize their losses.  It's a good starting point IMO.  Money now or Money and Time later.

Not the best pictures but you can see where I had to cut out some damaged areas of my rad support, reshape, weld it back together etc. The last pic shows a bit of the area after prep and priming.