Thanks for that sawman. I did the AVO Rutherford shocks from John Worral about 6 months ago as a first "easy" step in starting to sort things out.
The car's only done 13,400 miles and passed it's MOT last week so I reckon there's a bit left in the kingpins yet - otherwise I'd totally agree and do it whilst it's in pieces.
I'll try and find the DaveW pix - his stuff is always an inspiration.
(And thanks for the welcome)
Bob