[geshaghi]

Gogar is 100% correct. Your car isn't a numbers matching car due to the sporto being replaced, so it will always have this "defect" for the purists and limits the top value of the car. The original sporto trans is long gone, so the question of putting the original sporto back is moot. Restored to a nice driver quality, the car is probably worth around $26-$30k in the current market, with the major negative being the sporto issue.

The fact that the car is completely in parts right now doesn't facilitate a current sale. Someone has to trust that you've got all the parts, organized properly and be willing to spend the time to sort through everything before putting it back together. We've received several half-finished projects in our shop. The amount of time spent simply inventorying what we have to work with is pretty high. This typically takes us between 20-40 man hours. Even after a buyer inventories and reorganizes the parts, he'll need to spend time examining each of them to determine what, if anything, needs to be done before putting it back on the car. This takes more time. Also, things get lost and broken in this process, which takes more time and money to correct. All of this adds up to uncertainty and risk for a buyer.

If the question you are asking is how you can maximize the return of your investment, while it is hard to tell just from the info and photo posted, I think you might be better off parting the car. While it pains me personally to do this to a good car, the reality is that the parts are probably worth more than the whole. Deep 6 Fuchs in good condition are worth between $1500 - $2500, MFI is probably $1000 - $1500, motor and trans price will depend on condition, bare roller with rust repair done between $1000 - $2500, plus all the other bits and pieces. Alternatively, bolt the big pieces back together (doors, glass, suspension, wheels), put the drivetrain back in it and put it up for sale in a bit more of a presentable fashion and you will likely get better money for it (if you put the car back together in this manner, it wouldn't be out of line to see a $10k asking price).