[b-man]

Clean it up, make it run nicely and put a new top on it. It’ll look great going down the road, don’t nitpick it just because it has a few spots of rust here and there.

Enjoy fair weather fun.

Don’t repair anything other than to make it road worthy, ignore the cancer other than replacing the trunk floor.

Too bad he let it get 10 years rustier before he came to the realization that he’s never gonna do anything with it.

If you decide to sell it after some years have passed then give him a portion of the proceeds, or give it back with a list of repair costs that he should pay, what’s fair is fair.

I’m willing to bet once he sees the repair bill he’ll pass on taking the car back and then you can do whatever you want with it. Repairing it and enjoying it for several years and then deciding to sell it isn’t flipping, it’s called moving on and making room for perhaps the next one in line.

If he wants to take it for a spin after it’s roadworthy that’s great. If he’s expecting to have use of it multiple times after you’ve done all the work and spent the money on it tell him you’re going to pass. Having strings attached to a supposed gift isn’t a gift at all.