Well, I went over and looked at the pool. It doesn't appear to be in that bad of a condition considering it's 11 years old. So, I've commited myself to what appears to be days of torture just tearing down the pool.
It is indeed the pool zea3 posted a link to. Thanks!
Here's the pool.
There is one top rail that will need to be replaced, as it's rusted all the way through. The rest will be reconditioned this winter.
The filter is a Hayward TS108T and holds 150 pounds of sand. The pump is a Hayward 3/4hp, lots of surface rust, but still running. I'll refurb that this winter also, if I can find parts. If not, I'll probably use it until it dies. The hoses looked brand new.
The nuts and bolts were rusty, but I was expecting that. I also found out, after the fact, that the sidewall interconnect to each other and is usually "fun" to get apart. PB Penetrating Catalyst will be my friend for a while!
One thing that concerned me a bit, was there was a little bit of water in the indents of the valve. I don't know if a little bit comes out when you turn the valve, or someone just splashed some on there. It wasn't leaking as the water level in the indents didn't move. There was also water inside the pressure gauge. It was reading 10psi, don't even know if that's working right, but they're cheap enough to replace.
The deck needs a coat of paint, and has a nice built in bench with some storage underneath the seat.
It looks like they tried to take good care of the water. They're going to give me a bunch of chemicals, which is fine, as we're giving our little intex to my sis-in-law, and I'll just pass 'em off to her.
Here's a pic of the coping and stabilizer rail. I may be replacing some of the stabilizer rails. I'll probably replace all the coping.
Overall, it wasn't in that bad of shape. I could find no rust on the walls, and it appeared that the bottom plates were in pretty good condition. No rust around the skimmer or return either. Hopefully there'll be no major surprises as I'm tearing it apart! However, for a hundred bucks, I think I'll be ok.
I took my little one with me, and he was so freakin' excited I thought he was gonna explode! That's the only thing that's going to make all of this forthcoming work worth it!