Well thanks Geoff, it will be a roller by the weekend, just need to bleed the brakes!
As MArty was asking, the colour I am thinking of going with is L390 Gulf Blue. I believe this is a good representation of the colour, someone correct me if I am wrong.
I finally got a proper header to work with the tranny lift, its the A1 header and magnaflow muffler that Jimmy was running on the rusto-cal prior to the rebuild! Nice setup, low enough to clear the rear apron properly with some minor mods, and the muffler tucks very nicely under the rear fender.
I tacked in some tin to cover the orginal cutouts for the peashooters and then I cut out the center to accomodate the header, I think it looks good. Next step is fuel lines in the engine bay. I have installed a new hard fuel line from the front to rear, and will be installing a pressure guage at the rear along with some AN lines.