Well, the guy selling me the 8 speed chorus wheelset never got back to me. He wanted $100 for it, hence why I didn't want to bother spending too much on buying new hubs for it. We'll see what my wallet looks like in a week or two. Maybe I'll try to track him down anyway.
I did grab a 2007+ record hub wheelset with a claimed 750 miles or so on it yesterday for 225. Considering I couldn't find those hubs new for less than $270, I'm pretty happy with that. I'm going to take the hubs from it and lace them up to some Ambrosio Nemesis rims. Can't wait!
My next project is to see if the spokes are the correct lengths to lace the leftover parts to some Shimano 105 or Ultegra hubs and sell that to make some money back. If the builder chose the optimal lengths, then I should be in luck!