Thank you for the opinion dahermit but I am not asking if you would buy it or why you might pass it up instead of buying it, rather, I am interested in:
what you feel the value is in the current condition, and
what value you feel would be lost when refinished
Sorry to confuse you with the long post earlier; I understand how originality is seen by many people, I was in the collector car hobby for many years and I understand what restoration does for originality