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Unless it's a somewhat high dollar set, you'd probably be spinning your wheels if you have to buy the set in unrestored condition, spend your money and time fixing the chassis, spending more money and time making the cabinet look nice, and then thinking that you're going to make money off of it. Chances are, it probably won't happen.
Usually, if I go to the trouble to restore something, it stays here as I don't plan on giving something like that away to someone who does not appreciate the work involved in restoring one of these sets. My Dad was a woodworker and everything he made had to be just right or he'd scrap the project and start over. He was the world's worst at looking at everyone else's woodworking and pointing out it's flaws. More times than not, someone would either ask him how much he'd charge them to build something or they'd ask a price for something he'd already built and then they'd almost have a heart attack when he quoted them a figure. He'd always say that it was fine with him if they didn't want to pay his price because these people, who are used to spending $50 on particleboard junk from wal-mart, don't have a clue what materials cost and the amount of time involved in building something. And, it's the same way with radios. Many people don't understand, or just don't care, the amount of work involved to bring one back and they think you should let it go for $10 or $20.
Usually, what I sell are unrestored projects and I sell them cheap.
IMO, only restore, or have restored, a radio if you plan to keep it. The exception might be a radio that's worth several hundred $ or more.
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