Talk about a kick in the nads, when I was in high school there was a Packard that was abandoned at a friends dad's apartment complex, IIRC it was running and in pretty good shape; there was also a 1978 Chevy K-5 with snow plow that I purchased for $5000------------------he wanted $300 for the Packard. I did make some serious loot (even by todays standards) with the K-5 but hindsight is always perfect.

Back then Snowblower were rare and I could reel in more than $1K on a snow day.