$10,000: fix or sell?

[Greg Young]

On the road to Burning Man two weeks ago our '86 PT-40, Bluefire, overheated.
Background and story later, but it is now at Britt's Diesel & Automotive in
Bishop CA. It's a family run shop with some mechanics old enough to know the
8V92.

Thus far I have a verbal estimate of around $10,000 to fix it, including cracked
heads, cracked liner, cooling system and turbo damage. My fundamental questions
are:
Does anyone have any experience with Britt?
What are the economics of selling (broken) it if we chose not to fix it?

I think we will fix it but want to understand the options. If we end up selling
it I imagine we'd need to tow it to L.A. to find a customer. But what might it
be worth and how long to sell for pats?

Background:
On our trip last year the hydraulic fan started to not come on. I assumed it was
the high temp switch and just hit the override when needed. I replaced the
switch before this trip expecting it to fix it but there was something else
wrong - relay? - and I had to continue to rely on the override. So I foolishly
thought to save a few pennies on fuel by switching the fan off on downhill runs.
Of course there was the moment of distraction when I forgot to turn the fan on
and we overheated about 17 miles west Of Tonopah NV. Our Good Sam ERS would only
pay to
Towto Bishop even though the nearest DD authorized service center was in Reno.
The surcharge to tow to Reno would have been $1400. So it's in Bishop.

Thanks
Greg