What happened to the reasonably priced project car?

And I gave up on stopping and inquiring about old Dodge trucks and A100’s, old anything for that matter, parked in the countryside where I roam after getting the “automated like response” from owners that “I’m gonna restore it“ or “that was my granddaddy’s or my daddy’s, we’re gonna fix her up” or they have some delusional belief that it’s worth waaaay more than what it really is. That along with many that have the idea that it’s a retirement fund only to be sitting there for ages just rotting away, and that most stuff I see is always sitting in a dump of a property, obviously people in the lower income bracket most living in squalor like conditions, many seem “ahem” intelligence challenged and walking up to their door can be uncomfortable let’s just say. Nope, I just drive by year after year looking and shaking my head....not gonna do it:eek:
Yes I stopped doing that back in the 90's. You find good cars by networking with car buds. Find an E bodyguy he hates all other models!!