At this point Gary rang and told me that the body was ready 2 weeks early!! (ordered at Stoneleigh, donor bought 1 week after that) so after i finished panicking that i wasn't ready, i ordered a long wheelbase transit and set off on the road-trip to pick it all up.
Body safely home on my drive, after a nerve-racking drive home with lots of creaking and groaning from the back of the van:
I went for the premium frame as i'd had enough of welding on my previous project and i just wanted to get on with building: