77 e21 to boneyard? (archive)

Alas e21ers, bad news on my 77 garage queen, no compression, dumping fuel big time into crankcase, major rebuild needed, just lost my garage, been sitting for 4 yrs

3 options....donate to a good home, rebuild current engine (may need new head as well), get a new engine

car is INKA orange (Phoenix for e21)
~160k
body is good, some rust in driver's side floorboard (leaky windshield problem), sunroof
rear shock towers were replaced ~8yrs ago and are strong
stahl headers
new drivetrain (82 5spd w/3.91 diff) new sachs clutch, always redline gear/trans lubes

any candidates for donor engine would be great, to include 6 cyl conversions

any advice on complexity of rebuild task would be great, new pistons?, just rings?, rebuild bottom end?

any offers on a good home will be listened to

Car is in Rockville MD at Dave Toy's shop (Autoy and Autowerkes), Dave is reluctant to repair ~$2k for a car w/o much value (this should incite a riot w/this group!)

Need to decide fate this week

cheers!

John P Grills
77 320i (boneyard bound?)
88 325iX, das goat
95 Golf Sport, Surf Green Commuter

Follow Ups:

Hey John! Wait!....more MartyR 11:56 12/13/2000 (1)
- Re: Hey John! Wait!....more John Grills 12:26 12/13/2000 (0)

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