Rant about forsale cars and rust

I have been a garage door repairman in Los Angeles for 21 years. I come across MANY cars that have barely any surface rust at all and if not banged up..are straight and sound structurally. We get maybe 10-20 rainy days a year and everything dries out in a day or 2 if not in mere hours. Rag-tops do suffer some more than hardtops. Mmost owners park outside all the time, garages are for storing junk. But, most any large apartment garage holds a potential project car or 2 and occasionally a potential "barn car". In the last week I saw: a 67 Dart GT /6 convertible. It is a "some day I'll fix'er up" that the wife said he'd sell for $3K. A late 60's Charger with some rust under the vinyl top, small block & auto. sitting on the street with a $4,500 obo sign. A Formula 400 Firebird with missing hood abandoned in a No. Hollywood apartment garage. Currently I'm trying to buy a 1966 British car that was partially restored & left in a shed 20+ years ago. I have the best (or worst) job for a 'car-nut'! Evidenced by: 3 Barracudas, 2 MG's, a Triumph, Cougar, 2 V'dubs, 1 Porsche, Chevy p/u, a few motor cycles and a car transport trailer. This weekend is the gigantic Chrysler Performance West meet at Woodley Park (2 miles from home). Wonder what.......