Thanks for all the welcomes! This forum seems to be a great source for information. Loads of friendly peeps on here to. Will be taking the valver off the road over winter to start work on her, so will hopefully get some kind of journal on here.
The idea is to go for a neglected, uncared for rat look on the outside and a 250bhp shiny lump under the bonnet. Sounds kinda weird i know, just want to acheive the wolf in sheeps clothing kinda thing!