Your not alone, I recently brought another members Flash Gordon with the view to do a total restore on it and I can't stop playing it. Absolutely love it and funny enough my 10 year old son has been playing it heaps as well though he's never shown more than a short passing interest with my DMD machines.
 I'm currently collecting parts for it and having a rotisserie made before I get started but it plays just fine for now and I know I'll really miss it while I have it apart for the restoration.