Rookie Mistake...

I don't know what advice to give. Although, I know what I would do. I would go get my car and write it off as lesson learned. I sure am sorry.
I'm giving him until Mid-February to make some sort of progress. If not, I've already decided to do just that. I'll either just take the car or tell him to stop when he reaches $10,000.00 of material and labor on it.