Kevin,
I am in Spain now. It is a long way from Grand Junction. I was once part of a Jeep rebuild, that took almost three years. People kept taking it over, and then losing steam. I finished it off with the wiring. It is OK to take a vacation now and then. I took about four years to do my Bug, and then I lost interest in it, after it was finished. Smoothest running Bug I ever drove, too. A perfusionist is driving it around New York state now. The same thing happened with a Karmann Ghia, worst POS money pit I ever owned. Do not, under any circumstances, undertake to rebuild a Karmann Ghia. They are pretty, but self-centered. If you prefer that type, then you deserve what you get.
Earle