I have lived my whole life in Maine where rust is a way of life. We owned an Auto parts store that also had gas pumps for years, and we found a lot of people aren't happy unless they have a headache. For example this couple would come in multiple times a day for parts for their two beaters with heaters. He spent most of his time working on those shitboxes. I lost count of how many times I saw one or the other being towed. One day he didn't come in, we wondered if we said something wrong etc.
Then his wife stopped to get gas in a brand new Toyota pickup. She said he finally gave in, and bought two new matching pickups. Well it was less then a year later he came in with a beater, he said that those Toyota's never broke down. He said not even a light bulb nothing. He took a beating from his wife, and from selling them so soon.
The so called rust on that Jeep is nothing based on the photos, if the inside of the frame looks good I would grab it. I bought a 74 Corvette from Florida then had it shipped to Maine. When you factor in the cost of travel (Plus cootie hassles now), the cost of getting it home, the extra money of buying a car down south. I know most people here in Maine don't have that kind of money to dish out on a 20 year old Jeep. So they get what they can afford, and figure if they can get X amount of use out of it, they will be happy.
