I hope when you're tanned, rested, and ready you'll consider working on a less stressful project in the future. The test clips you posted looked great, better than my original captures. You deserve a lot of credit no matter who takes this project up that final ladder climb to the surface. Not to mention what you did with the mystery Italian Cut.
I got a couple things on the back burner that are mercifully free of the need for Laserdisc captured video. ;)