[911Rob]

Your BIL is into an older Porsche after two years for around $20K, that's really not that bad?

Forget about it, fix the car and enjoy it. It will bring much happiness in your BILs future.
Life and Learn.

I had a '74 911 for 5 years and put in a rebuilt engine, new clutch, new brakes, couple rounds of tires, new rims, plus..... and I enjoyed every minute of it, that car was a blast! My mechanic, Frank Winterlik did a superb job for me, no regrets.