Another benefit of your approach is the time it takes to get out and on it.
Mine will have taken close to a year due to finding the budget for rare parts and also the great part hunt itself!
I also can’t help agreeing with the fact you’ll be using yours properly.
I swore I’d never have a ‘garage queen’ (really what’s the point?) and I plan to stick to that but will I actually thrash it like I should? On a muddy winters day?
It’s such a double edged sword. You want the exotic interesting bits from years gone by, ideally NOS, but then want them to magically stay that way.
Nice work dude.