Depends on where they "lived" I suppose. In this part of the country, the vast majority rotted away a long, long, long time ago. My dad owned a '53 DeSoto very similar to this one back in the mid '50's with the Hemi and the same trans. Don't recall right now if he said or was a 2 door or 4 door (have to ask next time I go over to his house). He did say when he traded it in for an almost new '59 Plymouth that the rockers were rusted away and the lower front fenders had holes, along with the lower rear 1/4's. That was even before salt was used so much, as it is now. Don't forget also, 50 or 60 years ago, cars just didn't last as long and people would junk them out and buy a new one when the engine was shot, sometimes well before 100,000 miles even (vs overhauling the engine).