Ballz are a good thing!
MDJ,
Good for you! You might just luck out!
I'm a mail carrier, and as such I see a lot of cars out there in people's driveways.
I had a couple moveup from the South, and they had a 'Q'-code 73 XR7 that didn't look too bad. I saw the guy and told him "If you ever think about selling, give me a call." and gave him a card with my number. He did, a year later. That car is now my BetaCat for just $150!
On this same mail route, I picked up a 72 XR7 convert, also a 'Q'-code for $600. I wish I had the knowlege to fix the structual rust that I do now. I parted it out.
A few years later, on another mail route, I found my 66 Comet Caliente. It only has 34,000 original miles! I bought that one from a little old lady. Her mother had bought the car new back in 66! It still has the 6.45-14 bias ply skinny tires on it, albeit dryrotted a bit! For those who don't catch the significance of that statement, that was the tire size terminology before the C-78-14 and before our current metric sizing of P185/75/14. The tires on this car are from the 60s!