I considered buying this pair of machines from the original CL ad, but I was too lazy to make the trip. Knoxville if I am not mistaken? I really can not believe how long the ad sat out there and soaked. They had the pair up for $1300, the OP said he got them for much less. Good for you man!
This should be a good lesson to all. That even a great deal comes with a hell of a lot of work to bring a machine back from the dead.
It is very hard for me to sell a machine like this after I have put so much of my time in to a project like it.