Seems a little drastic Can you post some pics up to get opinions on if it really deserves to be chopped up! They need to be pretty bad to be not worth saving, if it's beyond repair all the popular body cuts would probably be past saving too. What some people say is a total loss others see as a few weeks welding.
I'm sure @womball could fix it but it might be a bit far gone for a novice restorer, unless you've got a lot of time,decent facilities and deep pockets!