shame as you have spent so long and so much doing it up, you may find the best way to recoup some money is to break it but it would be a shame, although this is one of the reasons my track bitch has been done really to a budget i set before i bought it, so that when i get board (which i know i will) i can off load it for 2k and not be out of pocket by too much.
Good luck in what you decide, but i was looking forward to reading your engine build resto