While I definitely understand your frustration, you are the first member to have the specific problem you have mentioned, and while very few people even look at the older releases, there are enough who do that one of the others would probably have said something if the issue wasn't server-related. If you PM me FTP access and WP login details, I can take a look at it for you.
Are you sure you wouldn't be interested in using a design that isn't so outdated? There are a few newer releases that meet an almost identical design theme while also being on the framework, which means that any updates necessary are being made constantly and are readily available as a
Vertex Upgrade Patch.