Thanks James,
Next time you're travelling past give me a call you're always welcome to stop over as well (Spare beds is the inflatable type but who cares).
The Auto project is gathering momentum, I've picked up a 4L60E and I've measured up a volvo bellhousing and a chevy bellhousing the block is with my machinist friend to 100% verify the BH pattern on the volvo, he's offered to make up an adaptor to mate the 2 so that I can start cutting the tunnel around.
Observations, the sump on the 4L60E is very wide and is going to eat into a lot of floor but I already intended on building some sort of exhaust tunnel anyway so that ground clearance isn't too much of an issue. I already have this feeling that I'm going to lift the whole drivers side front floor... oh the joy
Cleaned up some of the old trans mounts while the car is on it's side, much better than weilding a grinder 4 inches from your face with no escape route for the swarf underneath the car.
Once the Auto is in and all the fabrication is complete I need to sit down and make a plan on what to do next as I think that I'm getting to a stage where I can start some mock up assembly. I need to write a detailed plan and order of how I'm going to finish this.
I guess the next logical step would be to mount the fibreglass panels (which I should be collecting next weekend) then correct the geometry on the front suspension before finally getting the brakes working. At least at this stage I would have a complete rolling shell that stops and steers.
Then I guess I need to contemplate the whole dipping process... Argh! the list is endless!