Well, I am getting it for next to nothing and the owner assures me that despite the visual condition, it is in pretty good mechanical condition internally. Of course, that will have to be be determined by me when I actually show up to claim it. If it's a piece of junk with cracked heads and a broken crank, then I'm only out a half tank of gas and some time. If however, it is in sound condition, although ugly cosmetically, then I stand to gain. If my parts replacement list gets too extensive, I can always part out the good components like pescador said and be somewhat ahead money wise and then start looking for something else. It looks no worse than what VBK started with, and he had to replace one of the heads. I have torn down and rebuilt a HP compressor before, but not since my Navy days and I've rebuilt several engines that started out looking a lot worse than this Bauer. Call me irresponsible, but I'm looking forward to the challenge and the learning experience that goes with it.