Price up a respray...
Here is my genuine advice.
Seeing as you don't need a car,you only want one don't be in a rush.
As you mentioned you don't know much about cars so start saving and during that time learn by reading as much on here as you can.
Look at the classifieds and buy parts when you see bargains.
You will likely find a nice shell with a popped engine and then pretty quickly a nice engine. People often sell high power turbo setups.
Before you know it you have learnt heaps,got bargains and actually own what you have.
All the best with it.