Checking out a hoarder Tuesday!

OK since I also have a Suzuki I went out and asked some of the guys on the GS-resource forums for their insight. As usual answer were quite opinionated but some were quite useful.
One person offered a grand running or not. Another said between 3 & 5 K is where the bike would be. So we have both the high and the low. One guy stated he had 2k in hand to buy.
We also had the info as: Have your friend to check VIN# on steering column; should start with GS1000-52xxx.
Is that the correct swingarm? It looks like a later 1100e arm, did those ever come on a Cooley?
If you swap out the chrome windshield screws for black screws.
It has the wrong seat on it.
The exhaust is also an area that isn't original. But that may be somewhere in the piles of stuff.
Most tend to agree that the bike is what is looks to be and is in the reasonable area on price. Big questions are does it come with a title? Is there any history on the bike?
Just like an old car there is a market for it but overall condition and does it run and have a title are the real issues to determine price. If you can get it between 1 & 2 k I would buy it as you will not loose money.