The thought of this car ending up in your hands makes me happy.
If you're serious about it, and it's only a distance thing that's stopping you, I would be willing to help where I can to keep it alive.
Not so much the distance but the basically whole day I would have to devote to going to get it. It would be about a 14 hour round trip(just the driving). My day job on top of plowing with all this damn snow recently doesn't allow for any time off right now.