Cheers guys, it was nice having a place to share the progress so thanks to all who commented along the way. To be honest I'm almost tired of looking at it at the moment. It's been such an effort to get it done and also keep it a secret that it was beginning to get bloody draining in the end. Result was she was stoked and that's all that matters.
The party went well but there's always one who drinks too much, one of my wife's work mate made an absolute dick of himself and had to be escorted from the party before one of my neighbours flattened him. Gotta love pissed people, glad he was removed before I found out about what he'd done.
Anyway it was a great night and we have another car in our driveway, looking forward to another 40yrs of fun in a old VW.
Thanks again. Ryan