Ok guys, well the bottom end is getting put back together,only reason is that the engine building said you might as well check and replace seeing as your going this far etc, which to be honest proberly is a good idea, the oil seals on the pistons had slight wear thats all so replace the rings and main bearings, the rest was fine i've cleaned down the block and wirebrushed it then applied some high temp paint, looks good! hopefully i'll have sum pics by sat of this!

The engine bay is now totally clear and awaiting prep work, i've done a bit but found an old repair that was lead filled on the front panel so going to grind it out and weld a small patch in ("2x3") pics below

Heres a few of me having just removed the engine






then I removed all the cables and master cylinder etc




Came up quite well I thought? next are a few pics of the front panel from the inside


A close up pic of where the header tank was mounted

Rusty driveshafts!

The big crane lol!

Fusebox prior to being unbolted...

Finally the accident damage I found altho it's an easy fix!


As it stands at the mo!

Today i'm going to use my Dremel to get into small areas and wirebrush it all down, i'm hoping to get the engine bay,wing and front panel done by xmas, who knows?

Thanks

Paul