Wow, you guys dont give much credit to friendship. Maybe these guys are more like brothers than friends and actually like to do things together. I had this similar situation many years ago (1984ish) with my old girlfriends brother on a 66 Barracuda and guess what, we are still good friends and he still owns the car. We went in half buying it, restoring it and enjoying it. I eventually offered to buy him out as i wanted to trade it for a Challenger but he decided he wanted to keep it instead so he bought me out. Good luck with the car and I would have to see some pics obut as it sits I wouldnt think anything over $1000 right now.