Anyone near Chicago/NW Indiana/southern Wisconsin

While I agree with you in part, Karl, I also look at it this way: Even if he does end up having to sell the car after we all help him put it back together, he will get more money out of it in a driving condition than he will as just parts to be assembled. That way, after the medical bills are paid, he may have some extra for other expenses. As a husband to a wife with Crohn's disease, I know that doctor's bills aren't the only expenses. There are also medications, and those are not cheap. One of my wife's medications runs $1500 for just two doses!

So regardless if he keeps the car and drives it or he does end up selling it, we will be putting him in a better position than if we leave things as they are right now. That's my $.02, and I'm sticking to it.

This ^^^^^ If you're gonna do it to help him out, do it regardless of whether he keeps it. It will help him either way. Sad to see it go if he has to sell, but he'll get a better price and that will help him in the long run. I wish I was closer. I'd be in.