It’s time to bust out the tissues and sort out our issues on Requiescat in Pace (Latin for Rest in Peace), where we take the time to grumble, sigh, and perhaps even cry over the cars of yesteryear deemed a lost cause by their owners. Year after year, more and more classics lay helpless to the elements, and be they Chevy, Ford, or MOPAR, we ask that you lay down the pitchforks and reflect on these “rust buckets.”

Today’s selection is a 1970 Challenger, made to rest on a farm near Pittsburgh. Its observer, a fellow named Matt, claims it has spent the last twenty or so years under the New England sun, and made a practically permanent fixture due to the owner’s reluctance to have it touched.

It’s not for sale, apparently, but there’s not much that could be done, as Matt states: “It looks like it could fall apart because of all the rust.” It’s an unfitting fate for any MOPAR, let alone an R/T.

As an SE model, it’s a bit more of a rarity as well, considering the package was only available for 1970. Buying this option didn’t do anything to the guts of the car, but it definitely made the aesthetics and amenities a bit more pleasurable.

You got a vinyl roof, coupled with the three-pointed “Fratzog” emblems on the C-pillars for the outside. Inside, you had “Special Edition” emblazoned on the woodgrain door inserts; vinyl or leather-trimmed vinyl seats with cloth inserts; and an overhead console bearing instruments to remind you to of your fuel level, door ajar, or unfastened seat belt status.

The average value of these cars seems to hover around the $25-30K price range. For that kind of dough, would you be content to let it go? Or would you rather attempt to change the owner’s reluctant mind? Let us know in the comment section.