Just my 2 cents here - not DBing or anything. Do not make this easy for him. If the car is in both of your names then you own half. Can you afford to buy him out? That would be a solution.
If you agree to the sale it has to be on the grounds that you get half. That is the reality of separation and divorce, and you are separated now, whether it is legal or not.
Remember it isn't about trying to control and manage what your husband does, but ensuring that you are treated fairly in all of this. It is about you. He may or may not blow the money, but try and ensure he only blows what is his to blow.
It is a reality call, which he can choose to note or not. Warning, if you thwart him he may turn difficult. MLCers often do when they do not get their own way. Although your husband does sound one of the nicer ones.