1 No rust, I'd bet if you bought any new car right off the showroom floor and started to disassemble it you'd find rust in several locations, rust is stock.
2 Ratrods/patina, had I known that rust and dents were going to become so valuable these days I'd never had a single one of my cars junked over the last 60 years. By the way patina is a word that describes an old finish on wood??
3 My favorite! Engine completely rebuilt but never started, so you want a lot of money for a motor/engine that is completely unproven. And who did the work, was it BluePrint engines, or did your cousin Moe do it for you??
