273 advise needed

junkyardhero said
from the photos that's a lovely looking car with tons of potential and way, way too nice to part out.

if you're in over your head on the motor, sell the whole thing to somebody else and search out something that's more in tune with your skills, budget or the amount of work you want to take on.

I'm not really over my head on the motor, since I'm not the one that will be doing the rebuild. I have the budget, just not the desire to spend thousands to end up with a pretend commando with a 318 or something. I would definitely entertain selling it if the motor isn't rebuildable. I agree it's to nice to be parting out, but I could get what I have invested plus some if I did that. (don't really want to, for sure didn't buy it to part it out)