Sometimes when we hold onto that which is not long to be the enduring pain of seeing that which one loves deminish into the past is overwhelming and life then sucks...........maybe it is time to let the past go and buy a newer auto!
My brother is going throuhg the same thing. He has 1971 Mustang Mach 1, it's in his garage needa to come out to play, but has no money to restore. He's keeping the car, the day will come when the doors to the garage will open and out she will come.