Car in the yard & “gonna do something with it”

When I worked at the Toyotee place years ago, at that time, I had a 71 Dart. Mild 360, 904, 3.23 gears when on the street. Everyday I passed by a house that had a 71 340 Dart in the back yard. Competition orange. All four tires flat. Finally I stopped one day. Same story. Gonna fix it up one day. He did let me look at it. Original 340, four speed car. Few months after that it disappeared. I never stopped to ask what happened.