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.
There was a title for it but I wanted the rear and the disc brakes. That is why I bought it. I was willing to let it go to help the kid out. I paid $400 and I already took the nice Dash pad I was only selling it because the kid stopped and ask me for it. Oh He was in his early 20's and he came back with his dad or an older friend to get it cheaper ? He didn't know who he was dealing with