I am allways up for a little get together. D&B sounds like fun. I also would like to be a part of the caravan to the auction in November at the Timonium fair grounds.
I debated the Galaga and Cetipede cabs as well, but for the condition that they were in I don't think it was worth it to try to restore to original condition. The Galaga had some pretty severe water damage and the Centipede was extremely banged up as well. While I am sure almost anything is restorable, those were just too far gone to be my first restoration project. Birdtales has done considerably more work on cabs than I have and he came to the same conclusion.
I very much enjoyed the experience as I got to meet people in the area interested in the hobby and I got to see some old empty beat up cabs first hand. Now I have a reference point at least when evaluating any cabs in the future.
-WM