Best way to recover a parts car

Thanks for inspiring my memories... Many years ago, Noah Smiths parts yard had a 1958 Fairlane 500 convertible deep in the middle of the yard. It had been burned pretty bad and had a large tree grown up through the engine bay. A mountain of tires, a mountain of hubcaps, that kind of yard. In my eye, if everything there was new, it was the sweetest ride on the entire yard. I spoke to Noah about it. He chuckled and said, "Get it off the yard and you can have it". I suppose he knew I could barely afford the couple of small parts in my hands. R.I.P. Noah