Rookie,
I have around a dozen, just keeping up with the licences, safety inspections, and insurance is as bad as restoring them.
And the old drivers always have issues, just last week my sons car was shooting gas out between the tailight and the bumper, busted fuel line, 97 status.
I had it towed down to my buddies repair shop, to have it fixed, apparently it is low on his priority list, because he did not touch it yet. It has been a week and 1/2. I guess never tell a mechanic you are in no hurry to have it repaired.