1953 Chevrolet 210

• The light blue two-door sedan sits outdoors in a salvage yard, its paint faded and streaked with surface rust on the roof, trunk lid and rear quarters.
• The hood is covered in brown rust, and rust blooms show along both sides and around the wheel openings.
• The chrome grille and bumpers are still in place, though dulled, and the glass is present but dirty and hazed.
• The car sits unevenly on mixed old tires, with loose wheels and parts scattered on the ground around it.
• The engine bay holds an inline-six that is heavily rusted and corroded, with loose wiring and a corroded radiator.
• The front bench seat is faded and heavily soiled, and the steering wheel and dash are worn and dirty.
• The rear seat area is piled with loose insulation-like material and debris.
• No trunk-interior or underside photos are in the set, so the trunk floor, frame and floor pans can't be judged, and no odometer reading is shown.

Money: At $2,500 the money buys a complete-looking but yard-worn project car with its engine still in place; budget for extensive rust repair, a full mechanical rebuild and a new interior, and the floors and frame — unphotographed — are the unknown that decides whether it is a builder or a parts car.