[jpearson]

So I'm rebuilding a 75 911s. It's going well and I've been enjoying my first car project. I will hopefully be rebuilding the engine early next year. I absolutely want to rebuild the engine myself. It will be a straight forward rebuild - not planning any major performance mods - just the usual reliability upgrades. I have never rebuilt an engine of any type.
I have been wondering if there would be much benefit to rebuilding a VW bug engine first for practice? There are lots of bug projects I would be interested in, it is a cheap rebuild, and I have been wanting to develop some welding skills so this would be another reason for a practice car. I'm just a little nervous about the 2.7 being my first rebuild because of the investment involved and I want first class results. So is there enough cross-over knowledge/experience to be had from a vw rebuild to make it worth the extra time and money?
Sorry for the long post but I would appreciate some opinions.