And now the drum roll>..........

I ran the car up tonight on the ramps and changed up through the box, with no load there is zero noise and the clutch is amazingly light even with Reylands toughest cover. Martin is right that it is one of the best Cossie mods.

I have welded the correct thread on to the Cossie shifter so I can put the 205 std gear nob on there as the shift and reverse pattern is identical and I have put a 1 inch 45 degree kink in the shifter to move the nob forward by 1 inch so it feels bang on where it should be in the car.

I have 1 slight weep on a water line to cure and then I can drive it.

I was a little concerned about the guesstimate gearing due to 3.9 diffs, close ratio and only 195/45/16 tyres but it does 20mph per 1000 rpm in 5th so perfect for 140 mph at 7k / 150 at 7.5k which is easily enough for what I will use the car for.