Project car. Which do you prefer...

I'd rather have one complete and together. My project now was disassembled and placed in boxes by some dumbass 15 years ago (me) lol even tho I'm the one that took it apart and labeled everything I still cant figure out where some stuff goes and there Is stuff missing. Idk how but some how my rear door panels just vanished and my front ones got ruined in storage! My instrument cluster was ruined in storage. I have lost more stuff than I can name. Maybe it's just me and I'm not very organized but if I'm buying one I want to be the one to take it apart. If I ever have the opportunity to do another project car I'm gonna buy one running and driving (or at least complete) and work on it little by little as I drive and enjoy it instead of stripping it down to the ground every nut and bolt! Thats a bad idea imo! Unless you are a professional and have all day everyday to spend working on them. I'm my case I may only get 1-3 hours a week to work on my car. At the point I am now it feels like its gonna take forever to put all the pieces back together.