A little perspective:
Paid $3500, no interior, no brakes, engine did not run but rotated, no electrical, missing glass, no title, car full of trash up to the window sills ...
What I found: Very little surface rust, no major cancer. Engine freshly re-built (very early '60's) but never ran more than a few minutes. All new brakes, but never hooked up. Body was removed and the frame cleaned and painted, new roof and wood (very early '60's), New clutch, clean gas tank, rebuilt ******, (all very early '60's)
PO did a lot of work his Family did not know about, PO never finished it, stopping in 62-63...and there it sat for the next 53 years...waiting for me.
Sometimes you have to take the gamble, but don't bet the rent money and hit on 18.