The painter got back with me. He said the reason he took so long is mostly cause he wanted to buy my car. He offered me a price that I could not pass up. The paint issue wasn't a big problem to him, since he can paint it himself at cost. So, it looks like after all this time this project is out of my hair and I can focus on my art and career. I am going to put some of the money into the Z, I found a used vortech for 3500 and a local got 400 whp out of his.
I'll stick around though. I may even buy another alltrac down the road, or try and get a 205 imported at another time from Canada. Thanks for everyone's help and support on the project. I just felt it was time to let go. I just give too much time to it.