Since the database is what is lost, perhaps we need to look at this differently. Rather than try to load old static content into a dynamic web site (which has no real advantage since it's not going to change), we should instead try to massage the links to all be relative, create a static site for all of the archives, and put it up outside of the 68kmla.org site. If I were running 68kmla, I wouldn't want to try to import stuff taken from Google or Archive.org directly into the site.
I'll grab those archives and see how usable they are in their current form. Perhaps between sed and mod_rewrite, they can be put on a static domain and used that way.
John