Imagine if you will, you got a 1953 step-side Pickup (don't know what made me come up with that, but bear with me), and you go take that old rusty truck and get it restored to showroom condition! All your time and energy that went into restoring that old truck should give you a sense of pride and accomplishment, knowing that you not only rescued it, but made it pretty again!
By the way, I do have plans to restore my 1964 Typhoon, so I can pass it down to my nephew one day. I plan to keep it as original as possible - no "new" (Made In China) parts will be allowed! NOS parts only! Just my strict guidelines that I go by.