Thanks guys.
I would not restore it, just clean it up and look at it.
Maybe sit in it and make engine noises!
At least until I finish up some other stuff.
I may offer him $2k and go from there.
Yes, that is a Lotus in the foreground. That is why I was there. It is now in my garage!
He also has an early 70's Triumph Bonneville that I am trying to get.
But he is being stubborn!