I am a somewhat dissenting voice. Jump in with both feet...if the price is right. I took a shell of a 1937 Cadillac LaSalle and turned it in to a great car. If you understand that it will cost you ten times as much as you budgeta nd it will take you 5 times as long as you think it will, you will be just fine. the 41 is a far more beautiful car than the 52.