weld and fill mirror holes, slight drop to aid in load/unload and rid some of the monster gap in the wheel wells, primer black with a nice wet sand, gloss red wheels and cheepo center cap/beauty rings.
also, look into a grill for it. I forget which years (newer then yours i believe) they used the FORD on the hood and no blue oval in the grill. should be a cheap junkyard/jcwhitney find.