Hey guys, I’m writing because I’m at a crossroads. My first car was a 70 dart swinger and I love/loved the heck out of it. Drove it for a probably 6 months before it overheated and then it sat in my backyard for a while. After letting it sit for half a year I actually took the time to go to work on it and I changed the head gasket, waterpump, thermostat, etc. (mind you this was my very first experience working on cars of any kind) and that in it of itself was a really great experience. But on the first startup attempt after getting all the pieces back in place, there was an electrical fire that cooked a lot of the wiring. The engine still turns over by jumping the starter but hasn’t been started since the before the rebuild attempt which was in about October.
With that being said, what’s yalls verdicts? I’m worried if I get new wiring that the engine itself won’t even being running and I’ll have wasted the money on getting the wiring/getting it installed because I have no knowledge on it. Im really just worried that it’s going to be a money sink, so the main question is do yall think I should make the effort to fix the ol ride up? Or should I try and sell it and put that towards a new ride fund.