+1. OP, if you have the time and space etc. sell off parts. I put over $8k into my B13 VVL (not including the price of the car in the beginning) and selling it as a whole was going to fetch me BAR...
Figure half of what you have in it at best, and you may have to part it out to get it. Historically, clean, low mileage, stock examples pull the best prices.
Speaking from prior experience trying to sell 'modded' and then parting out, you will ALWAYS get more for parts than in total... just sad reality of how it is.
Twice now I've parted heavily modifi...