Finding and repairing an NES/Famicom

I know this is a wierd thing probably, but I want to get a famicom console due to nostalgia, and the look of it. I found one that supposedly works on Ebay, and want to get it just for nostalgia, and maybe find a disk system someday cuz i collect old videogame parephenalia (spelling?) and my question is: if it doesn't work, or run any of the famicom carts ive aquired and KNOW they work, I found an old NES at a yardsale that is busted all to crap and the case is held together w/ducttape, but the inards work fine. could it be possible to gut it and the famicom and put the working NES computer inside the Famicom case, and just bypass the ports and attatch them straight to the controllers? I figured if anyone knew how to do this they'd be in this area, so any suggestions would be great.

If you're handy with a Dremel I don't see what the problem would be. As long as the innards of the NES are in working order you should be able to mod the Famicom case to make it work.

If you're talking about leaving controller or other ports I highly doubt that would work.

handy with a dremel? ha. I practically played with one or similar since I started tinkering. yeah, adding extra ports wouldn't work cause of the computer's limited workings, but if I hardwired the wires from the ports on the NES directly to the controls, I think it should work. and I may disable the mic on the 2nd controller because as far as I know, the NES doesn't support a microphone...

found one thats just the console, no AC adapter, on eBay for cheap coming out of Japan. Supposedly its tested, and I was wondering if anyone had any idea where I could get my mits on the actual Japanese ac adapter so I can run it? without it, it would be just a display piece. I want to use it so any guesses as to where I can find the AC adapter?