Ken I'm glad your doing this. #1 it shows a lot of folks that only buy these kind of cars, that home hot rodders can do it too, and better! Your attention to detail is inspiring. I too worry along with Don about the time limit thing, but like everything else in life, if it works out that you are finished in that time frame then it would be great to see you there, but if not, what the hey, the car still is going to be truely spectacular!
On a scale of magnitude ten times less, when I started my truck I hoped to have it road worthy by time the Salute to American graffiti show was this year(missed that one by a long shot, then for Hot August nights, missed again). Now I'm shooting for road worthy status by next spring, and maybe refined and painted by two years from now(all due to free time and budget constraints!) So with that said I hope this doesn't add tension to your build, for some of us deadlines are a good thing , to others not!
I am excited that you are doing this. I'll be happy to go to the show and brag off the car to the hoards!