well, here's another small update...
Fitted quick release today
And picture of blue/red LED conversion of the dash + new dial cards
^ found 2 faults so far... "side lights/headlights on" light/LED not working and second half of the speedo is not very bright even tho all LEDs are on. Will investigate
Next thing to change gear shaft (as it snapped as per my other thread) and hoover inside of the car