Laugh all you want... last year I was told about a Jaguar that had been in an old guy's garage for years. I thought about it for a couple of days, and then went hunting. Well, what I found was a Ferrari 275 GTB with fried wiring and a shot interior, parked under a lean-to out back of a barn. Judging from the tags the car had been off the road since the late 70s. The owner was of the opinion that he might get around to restoring it "some day", but he might be persuaded to sell. A quick survey indicated that I'd probably dump something in the neighborhood of $250k into the restoration, which made his asking price of $1m "as-is" way out of my league. The point is, if you don't go look... you'll never know.