Just as an update to the front end fabrication.

I installed the steering rack properly after spraying the tie rods, installed the sway bar and then welded on some tabs to bolt the remote oil filters to.

The tubing was already going brown so I grabbed the nearest rattle can and made it all black for now.

Eventually (as in, perhaps a year after driving it) I'll strip it all and get the chassis poweder coated.

So, with this all done I can concentrate on getting the engine running again. So, plumbing is the name of the game now. I have a load of old plumbing but obviously some will have to be modified with the changes made to the radiator, oil tank etc.