I am going to nominate Montana as a better state to work on cars because there are so few people to whine about them, and open roads that up into recent times had no speed limit (but still have no cops or other people for that matter), no inspection, permanent license plates, very little rust (salt alternatives and…

And Fleet Farm

That or they use another small(er) engine to start it up

I bought a 1968 Chevy c10 shortbox for $800 in Missouri as a project. I knew it was really rusty but I was amazed how much more I found sections of the frame were gone and every piece of sheet metal ( including the cab) have been replaced