When I was a kid I worked at a Pick n Pull with a huge, usually empty warehouse. We had a 70s celica from a police auction stashed in there for doing indoor donuts. Every day.
Same place I bought a stripped 84 Toyota 4wd from the company for $150. Just a cab, motor, transmission and transfer case left.
Every day I would either pull parts or work on it for my whole lunch hour. Boss gave me all the parts for almost nothing because I was the only guy there that spoke English and came to work every day.
After a few months I drove it down to the Rocklin DMV, got a break and lamp inspection and drove it for a few years.