finally got round to rebuilding the engine from the car today went with a red black and silver color scheme for the engine all i am waiting for now is a thermostat, sump seal and water pump gasket and the engine can be put aside until its time comes, then the focus switches to the gearbox here are some pictures for you
Started out with this at the beginning:

then at around the half way mark i had this:

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and this is how it sits now:



as above just waiting on two gaskets and a thermostat to finish it all off happy days