It's taken me about 9 months this time around from buying the first pair of drivers till completion. There ar no longer any loose ends when it comes to the loudspeakers themselves. I plan on upgrading the active crossover to 24db, and changing the Carver amp in favor of a Marantz SM17. I've already started making arrangements to build a second pair since I have a full second set of speakers again consisting of all the clone goodies + more: blue baffle, walnut, grill pegs, foilcals, grill emblems, lpad knobs, rockwool, sheepwool, aircore inductors, CC'ed xovers and there seems not to be anything more to add.
Many, many thanks to all of you wonderful people on this forum - I would still be dreaming if not your guidance. Some teaser pics of the finished stuff since light was bad: