I've still got a way with my series. Mechanically done, the water pump and fuel tank are replaced. Just some cracks in the body work, an oil leak (which i'll be making a thread about as there's two locations...) and undoing some of the absolutely piss crazy sealing jobs the PO did to her.
Sounds an awesome project , I had the pleasure of doing a chassis swap on my old 88 diesel many moons ago
Ah yes the bodges , like ur godself winds me up beyond belief , think I spent nearly a year sorting them out as I kept uncovering them, ie, cable ties to secure brake lines , wire connectors glued together , looms not secured in correct clips , list went on and on , but at least I know it’s all been done properly
Know it also takes a lot of time sourcing parts etc and putting things right
Would have really liked to have seen ur project , have u got any threads running at the moment , will check them out if u have plse