brilliant and helpful answers. Been looking at purchasing a disco 1 as the a4 is getting a little cramped with the wife, the twins and the dogs. I looked at one at the weekend and noticed lots of welding already in place (arches, boot floor, etc) is this a good thing to find or would it be better trying to find a better chassis without any work done? Also any tests for the suspension as I see that is regularly changed.

Green Hornet that is spot on and im gonna show the Mrs when she gets back, she will find that really funny.

1 thing you may have forgot to mention is dont make the mistake of having 2 on the go at the same time as this is a sure fire way to drive you round the bend and part with ALL your money! (then again it deponds on if your a glutton for punishment or not)