hell yeah si, and amy could bring us breakfast in bed...in her PJs...or a saucy outfit!!! SWEET!! while rob slaves in the kitchen preparing our lunch!!! lol! thank u Geo man, i really appreciate your comments, its so good to be back. the barrel does seem pretty rare yeah, for some reason i have developed a fetish for OEM options in the last yr, i wana try and gather as many as possible, i'd love to find one of those storage box things for the passenger footwell, and maybe the OEM footwell lights. obviously theres some i cant fit like the OEM boot tray or an OEM sunroof or roofrack, but i'd even fit one of the several OEM passenger footwell showrack variations that were made. as for progress from here, its all about the Volks, handling parts and a real tidy FTE conversion with the help of jay, weejohn and probably alan d knowing him lol! as for JAE 09, dont really know tbh, carol is wanting to go on a wee sunshine holiday so it depends how funds are next yr with that and the FTE. Phil.