Well, yeah, if I could have found someone else to tackle what I was doing, I absolutely would have them do it instead!
Regardless though, feel free to make a case for a restoration, in detail and why you think it is important, and others might feel the same way and run with it, or you form a team with interested individuals and work on it as part of a group, or whatever.
But I'm always interested in hearing what films really need a preservation effort, and why.