Just a reminder... your 97 is 12 years old and you're looking at putting $6500 into it. That's about three times the resale value.

There's enough guys who've done swaps who need to sell their "projects" of that era and you'll have something on the road immediately.

Pay the minimum to keep it rolling, or sell it off as parts and buy something newer for your $6500. You already have something that's a little more fun to drive, don't you?