I suppose it dependson if you are doing it for your own satisfaction?
or doing it to eventually make a buck from it by "restoring it"

I'd say what you are paying for it, is baout wiaht it will ever be
worth. but YMMV

Here's a thread I started about something like what you are talking
about...sort of.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.b...7b7cdef0d417aa