And just so you know (and I'm not doubting your judgment, you've seen 'em in person!); cars that Texas boys consider to be "rustbuckets" are sometimes just "jewels in the rough" to us poor salt-drenched Northerners...
Yeah, you're right. A couple of pinholes in a fender down here and it's like "dang, that one is shot!" I'll see if I can get some pics and that way y'all can see what I'm seeing. Heck, maybe it's not as bad as I thought.