its your, well, your first love, well "obsession" all your hard work, blood, sweat, and tears into that car.....

but if you'd rather keep it, I say put it on liability or take it off your insurance.. do you have it under a weekend car? like something you rarely drive to help insurance purposes? don't some insurance companies have "toy/project car" insurance? I think the prem. may be a bit higher though..

if you sell, atleast ship it across the U.S., so you don't know what will become of it whether the new owner fucks it up..

how much is the cougar with? i know your def. not gonna get what you put into to it, but it'd be interesting to see what it would go for..