Thanks guys, I think it really helped to have such a solid car to start with some of the ones I've seen on ebay since certainly would have required more bodywork than mine.

What has really helped me is the fact that jointly owning the car as obviously halved the costs which if your not carefull can easily get out of hand.

I think also momentum is so important, it so easy to put off jobs, you need that momentum to get a job done to move onto the next then next!