Thanks for the warm welcome, I am going to be using the engine from an MG Midget, although it will be built up to about 110 to 115 hp. Also a Datsun 5-speed. I live in Woodland Hills, and any SoCal residents who would like to come by and see the kit are more than welcome. AFAIK the "big box o'car" will be shipped from the Westfield factory in the next few days. I have a couple of pictures of the kit during the build by Westfield, but I need to find a free hosting site so that I can post them. I have some pics of my horrible old donor car too!!! My most recent photos show the kit packed in it's transport container. BTW The car is able to be made street legal in Calif in either of two ways: I can use the original title and register it as a '69 MG or go for a "Special Construction" registration. Since it is a replica of a "historic" vehicle, I am not required to have a windshield nor wipers. The path of least resistance is to simply rivet the MG data plate to the new frame and run it through the DMV as a re-bodied MG. It's a bit of a grey area and I might have to do a bit of shopping around to find the right DMV office, but that is how the Series 1 Westfields all seemed to do it. Those cars were all from the mid '80s and other than the the US distributors car I believe that mine is the 1st customer car in the US. For more info checkout <westfieldeleven.com> I think he's posting pics of his car. Mine is Chrome yellow with a dark green interior with yellow trim/piping. I have spent the last month degreasing, painting and re-building the MG components that I will be needing for the build-up. At this point I am held up for the arrival of the kit, everything is ready to go on my end except for the engine which is being built at great expense by APT out in Riverside, Ca. I could have done this myself, but wanted to have the experts perform the mods and build-up, that way they will stand by their work. I kinda went overboard on the engine and got all the bells and whistles that would make it look good and last. I wasn't concerned about the last HP, but just wanted something with ultra reliability. Since they worked closely with David Vizard who "wrote the book" on A-series power, I hope I am in good hands.