Glad you like it and it brings back some good memories Bubber...Much obliged.
Thanks Matt! As far as the hours....Starting from plain metal (what it was like when it left my garage) All the filing, hammer, spooning, skim, sand, block, prime, guide and so on would be around 140-160 hours on my part i'm guessing. The body Shop also billed in 23 hours on body. As far as the actual painting (which wasn't me at all) I'm being billed for 17 hours for spray of primers/sealers/paints/clears as well as wet/color sanding and polishing. I know there giving me a super good deal on that end.
With the engine, it is slow going. I already have a blueprint/game plan on the engine and have bought some of the components. I've been holding off on moving on the engine till all the meat and potato's with the paint and upholstery costs came rolling in. You know as well as I that whatever you may think it's gonna cost X's it by three and you'll probably be close. Plan is to get the block down for machining including bore/ridge reeming, deck, notching, oil sump mod and ARP crank studs to be installed hopefully in the next month or two. I'm in no rush, plus there's the whole money thing on top of that.