So what would you do with a $2500 Maserati V8?

hmmmm, depending on overall dimensions....

fit it here.......

Put it up for sale on craigslist and buy something i could use and maintain without living in a cardboard box.

I'd trade it for a working aluminum LS engine.

Cheapest and best use - coffee table!

Wanna see my favourite ever coffee table? (And no, my wife won't let me do this in the house)

Add something like this

put it into something like this

Put in a full size van, but re-make the doghouse out of Lexan so you get to stare at it as you go down the road. Sort of a Hurst Hemi under glass, but right next to your leg.

I'd start hunting for an FR-S/BRZ with a presentable body and a blown engine...