I am choosing to do the interior first because that is something know how to do and can do easily. Doing the drivetrain first would be the right thing to do. It was a running driving car before the kid messed up the plug wires(or something else?). I am going to buy a carb rebuild kit and rebuild the carb (with help from my mechanic friend of course. I'm a noob when it comes to carbs lol).
I will also change the plugs, plug wires, trans fluid, rear fluid, and antifreeze. If that all gets it running a lot better then I will be very happy
. The smoke is from the Carb flooding the engine out, all the rubber seals must have deteriorated away from new gas.