thanks guys, its your comments that give me the reason to go out to the shed in the rain to get something to towards putting it back together, ive become a little indecisive on the colour i should go for its either going to be black or white, what do you guys think? i like black but you don't see many white ones other than van ones about so im drawn to it. Been out this week and began the long old process of painting each and every underside part that can be painted, im going with blue for the underside as i think it will look well up against the black under seal, going to do the exhaust and petrol tank silver to break it up a little but i like the colour of blue ive got, i got it off ebay from an agricultural supply company, the colour is leyland dark blue if you are wondering, also been out and took my engine to bits, the new head gasket is in the post here are some photos for you's
front wishbones:

rear beam:

bottom end of the engine:

and the top end, picture is crap, sun was out for once