Have you ever torn apart an all-original car to build what you wanted?

Around 1990, I saw a one owner green 1953 F100 with 78,000 miles for $1000. It had a flat head V8, and 3 speed manual column shift. It had been sitting in a shed on 4 rotten flat tires, and the inspection sticker was 1978. I bought 4 new stock Ford wheels and new tires, put them on it, and had it hauled to my carport. I had planned to build a resto-mod so I didn't care about the original driveline. About 3 days later, I was looking it over. I picked up the nice rubber floor mat and there was shiny green original paint. I had heard that flat head engines were bad to lock up. I reached under the hood, pulled on the fan and to my surprise, the engine turned over. I pulled the plugs, poured in a little Marvel Mystery oil, changed the oil, cartridge oil filter, and gas. Put in a new 6 volt battery and it cranked right up and it didn't even smoke. I drove it for about a year before a bad relationship about drove me crazy. I didn't want anything that wouldn't fit in a suitcase. I really didn't mind selling it because it was all original and I hated to cut it up, and I already had a running 56, a 55 cab and chassis, and a 53 cab and chassis. All was sold. It wasn't long before I regretted not keeping the 53 and leaving it all original. It drove good, interior was nice. All it needed was a few dents repaired and a paint job.