opinions welcome on build.

Just saying there's a hell of a lot more enjoyment then what's in your head.
I put roughly 2k in milage a year on my Plymouth so it wasn't just around the park. In the future it will drive the 60 miles to and from the strip. In the past I drove it to and from work 20 miles a day a week at a time. Nothing but a blast to drive.
I drove mine summer and winter 10000-15000 miles a year for many a year. In the first 6 years she had probably over 80,000 miles.By ten years old she had maybe 100,000 miles on her. By 15 years she had been semi-retired for a bit, cuz I moved on. Today she has over 125,000, and the engine is still strong.
My son even got to drive it putting a few miles on it while still living at home, and eventually took it to grad. Neither of us ever crashed it; Right from the beginning I told him; it's just a car. If it breaks we'll fix it. I built her to be beat on, and beat on it we did.
I know you and I are in different worlds; that's just how it goes.