I haven't been keeping track with this thread of late, but really glad that you've got it 'finished' - it looks brilliant!
Were you at the LRO show with a shorter chap btw?
Amen to that! I restored a motorbike recently, which took 13 months, although I originally planned it to take 3! Optimistic or what!
As for budgets, well I prefer to be blissfully ignorant - it'll get what it needs to take me round Africa.
I've recently purchased a Defender 90 (truck cab) with a view to doing what you have Kim, and was looking for a few hints and tips/ideas. Having stumbled upon this thread via Google, I've been engrossed in it all week and very much looking to seeing the finished article.
I'm seriously impressed...