I luckily had the enjoyment out of the Revs one, I was going to YB it but blasting it was free and I wanted to see where we were with things, sadly it was far too gone to be throwing 10k+ at so I just started fresh but even that needed more work, some due to my changes and the rest just being that its nearly a 30 year old car.
Its better to do it right once than spend a fortune knowing that its all got to come apart again, I've been doing this Escort nearly 3 years now, it took 2 just to get the shell and running gear how I wanted and paid for and in the last year I've started getting my engine together, I've always wanted one and as I don't earn a fortune I've had to accept its done when its done but it has to be right.