ednalor

My 1985 GL started blowing blue smoke out the back as I was driving on the highway the other day. I pulled over and had it towed to my mechanic. He took a look at it and pronounced it to be a serious engine issue -- either a valve blew, or the rings. I received this car as payment for work done for a former professor, who was the original owner. After retiring in the late eighties, she only drove it about 3,000 miles a year. It had 42,000 miles on it in 2010. I've put 50,000 on it. Unfortunately, she also only did one oil change a year as well. And she smoked. I've had the transmission rebuilt, new pieces crafted and welded on (it has a good frame), and finally got the smoke smell out of the car. It has been very high maintenance. It still needs a new radiator and a new exhaust. So, should I sell it to the scrap yard, as my mechanic would want me to do?