I had this happen once with a bunch of vintage brass gasoline pump handles. The lady wanted a full retail on each and everyone and said she’d scrap them if we wouldn’t pay her price. I am still puzzled by that mindset, needless to say I passed.
What I see in the video is just total lack of knowledge. I’m sure that almost anyone on this forum would have put oil in the cylinders and done general clean up and prep along with chasing wires and replacing some to hopefully make it possible to run. Instead they play it the car and put different wheels on it that would make it harder to push around while working on it. They remind me of many who naively buy a car and in a matter of weeks have torn everything thing apart and accomplished nothing.