Originally Posted by Broadfield

Really? Because at any given time I have $50,000+ wrapped up in mine... and that doesn't include the thousands of hours of my time/labor.

OP, if you do indeed have this car with $50k into it, then I look forward to seeing it. As for selling the car outright, you won't get even half what you have invested into it. If you post a picture of it inside, outside, engine bay etc I could give you a good idea of what a high dollar, mint 240 is worth. It's going to come down to the styling though. If it's all molded in body kit, audio crap everywhere etc. then it's not going to be worth near as much if it had a mean motor and clean styling. As for the difficult choice, I have been there. I had to sell a bad-ass STi for monetary reasons. But since then, I have slowly built a really nice 240. And since you are doing this for your daughter's future, then losing an object like a car is not really that important in the end. You can always build another one down the line. I know I would do anything for my two daughters... and objects have much less importance once you are a father. You are obviously doing the right thing... like you said, it's just a matter of what method will best help your daughter obtain as much funding as possible for her schooling.

I would say #2 depending on what parts are on this thing. Parting out always seems to yield more than selling it as a whole... especially with the 240 crowd. Even if the individual parts are expensive ones, you can always find a buyer willing to spend $2000 on nice used wheels etc. It's just when you try to sell the car as a whole, you are asking someone to like everything you did to it AND be able to afford it. Good luck man! Lets see those pics and parts list.