People who let rare cars rot.

Seems a waste. Its yo money though. You coulda sold it for more. Oh well. I woulda kicked em off my property, and said to em, go find something better for $200 then A$$hole, but I would not have trashed a rebuild able car either. Titles are easy to get out here. Maybe not so much where you live, but if the car is restorable, solid, it's worth it to pursue a title. I have done 2 Texas bonded titles, and 3 Texas green salvage titles changed to blue regular titles. Some hoops to jump thru, but nothing terribly hard.