[thepenguin99]

It sounds like you really don't want to buy a car for resale. Have you thought about brokering the car for him? Make a little money but you are essentially just doing him the favor of selling it for him.

I think financially the car would be better to sell as is. It sounds like it runs and drives fine, just uses oil. A car like that isn't going to bring MORE than 6k over its current value if you redo the top end. A DIYer looking for a project would probably happily buy the car for repaired value minus 4-5k and do the work themselves when it gets bad enough that it annoys them.

As far as value as is. I think I would price it 14k. Be prepared to take 13...12 if you want it to sell fast.