Thanks for the very kind comments Leon
As for the chassis, at this stage I am not intending to attempt a replica chassis, maybe that will be a longer term project.
The chassis I've built so far is a rough mock up protoype that I put together to sort the ergonomics and the layout of the running gear. its a tube frame with ally skinning to the centre section. I welded it almost fully and tested the torsional stiffness. I stopped working on it as I needed to sort out the overall width over the wheels and for that I needed the body confirmed. The idea now is to finish the body, and then hang it over this mock up chassis to finalize things like where the radiator mounts, suspension etc. Once that is done I will then build a real "final" chassis. Some of the frame parts or subsections used in the mock up exercise could become part of the final chassis.
Cheers
Fred W B