Have you seen the prices of Pinto's lately? LOL....even those are becoming collectible....Collectible POS's yeah, but still a market for them, exploding gas tanks and all..Is that really a question? A resounding no..you just got it running! If you take your argument to its logical conclusion, where do you stop? When you're driving around in a 74 Pinto with bald tires and bad plugs? Life is to short to drive shitty cars!
RE: "frequent dark alleys or German brothels trying to find that illicit dealer of D-jet parts!" Heck, isn't that part of the fun finding old parts?