Thanks for that insightful input gentlemen.
No Loony at the workshop today, so no progress to report, (he's actually visiting fellow forumer, ByzMax, to discusss a paintjob).
I know you're checking the thread though Uncle Kev, so just to let you know-
the passenger floor panel's marked out, ready to cut tomorrow, (made it slightly oversize so I can trim it to suit).
I've skimmed the glove box panel with a little body filler as suggested, to fill the indent left when I changed the shape of the box lid. Ready to sand back tomorrow.
The main gearbox tunnel section is finally welded -made up of about a dozen shaped pieces of steel sheet. Tomorrow I'll knock the high spots off the welds with a flap wheel & skim it with filler -as mentioned here, although we plan to wrap these panels in black vinyl, any imperfections will show through, so a light coat of filler will smooth it all out.
Once the floor's bolted in I can move round to the driver's side.
Mr Snafu has kindly volunteered to procure a kingpin set at a discount price, to sort out the wobbly front wheels, but it won't be here for a couple of weeks. Then I need to pull the front axle out & take it to Mr CunningPlan to ream the kingpin bushes to fit. So I've got a couple of weeks to get the interior sorted, make a plywood template for the front windscreen & start on the doors.
As posted in the Events section, there's a new 60s style weekend rod/bike show in Bedfordshire in September, called the Tripout. The Hotrod Drags are also in September at Stratford on Avon. So I've decided to aim for those as the Pop's maiden voyage, (s). That gives me about 2 months to get it MOT'd, insured, registered & taxed. Money's likely to be the main stumbling block -or rather, the lack of it, but I'm determined to get out & drive the damn thing before the Winter gets here!