Oz, I wasn't implying that you were punting for business . I thought I'd pop that link to the forum in my post just because it might interest people and also if anyone wants any specialist parts or advice they'll now know where to look.
well spotted it is indeed a pair of old axle stands... the only problem with my spit is you can only really use on a flip front car with no inner wings! angle iron across the front shocker mounts and the same at the rear...it rotated loverly by hand. Took about an hour to make