Progress report!
(Slightly delayed and overdue...)
Made quite a bit of progress since the last update, chassis is now fully welded with engine and gearbox mounting plates in place and it's all had a coat of primer and one coat of hammerite to stop the rust (except for one rail that I didn't notice untill AFTER I'd cleaned the brush!)
Midway through this I trial fitted the engine, took a while to shoehorn it out of the shed, but definately worth it.
This allowed to measure the positioning of the engine mount plates, weld them on and finish the chassis.