Hi Carl
thanks for the kind words about my car, glad 'you like it.
as regards the floorpan it's a mixture of powder coating (on all the ancill's/bolt on stuff) and two pack paint on the 'pan itself. Although the beam itself is painted. The tie rods are both silver and yellow, predominantly silver with a yellow srtipe spiral. The steering box and master cylinder have both just been painted, you're right they can't stand the heat!
The rear end sounds a lot like your's will, I've got a few chrome goodies thrown in, just to be different - clean
My interior is still being finalised..... sort of but again it sounds pretty similar to what you're planning, great minds think alike eh?
I've got a few pic's that you might be interested in and I'll see if i can post them below..................... if not I'll mail them to ya
thanks again for the kind words
Al B
