Selling iPod classic 160G don't remember old password, won't restore

Hi,
I have read all the answers to restoring my ipod classic to sell, and have already tried restore.
When I hit restore, itunes requests apple id & password. 
My problem:  This ipod classic was set up under an old apple id & password that I do not remember.
It does not in the end, restore, that I can tell.  So I manually deleted everything and it is now empty, but not "restored".  (Is there a difference?)
Here is my question:  Is it enough to simply delete all my content manually, rename it to a generic name, and sell it?
Or do I need to contact Apple, find out my old password, and restore?  I want the new owner to not have any trouble setting it up.
Thanks so much for your time!

Hello out there,  anyone????

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