Exactly...! I cringe now when I think of the many Fiat 500's (and 126's) that were dismantled and crushed in New Zealand in the late 80's/early 90's. I owned several cars that I thought were "too far gone" and wrecked- now I would think they were fairly easy restoration projects largely due to the availabilty of parts at a price relative to their value.
In NZ in the early 90's a new Fiat 500 front panel was around $300 when a running and roadworthy car in very tidy condition was around $1200! ($3NZ was approximately equivalent to the Pound at the time) I remember thinking I was very rash paying $2800 for a 1 owner totally rustfree 16,000 mile Fiat 500F in 1990
