Despite the excellent labelling from Royale I still managed to find parts that I didn't know what they were for, so I put anything I wasn't sure of to one side, as time progressed I eventually used them all!! Thankfully. I initially purchased the basic kit, suspension set up and a seal kit choosing to purchase the remainder at a later stage. First on the build list was the preparation of the chassis, at the time of my purchase there were no options for powder coating or galvanising via Royale themselves although I could have had this done separately. Unfortunately I didn't! and had to totally degrease and take back to shiny metal the whole chassis as I painted it. (Like every one else I hear you say!)
First coat was acid etch primer, plenty of ventilation and good breathing equipment required. I found the easiest and quickest way to prepare the chassis was with an electric drill and several wire brushes followed by a good clean with a degreasing agent, don't forget protective goggles, wires come from the brushes with alarming regularity! The first coat is probably the most crucial so it's important to clean into all the nooks and crannies and paint before any dampness or oxidation sets in, I found it easiest to complete small sections at a time. Once the first coat is complete it's a simple matter to add additional coats of the paint of your choice. As I didn't have spray shop facilities I chose a good quality exterior gloss paint with an additional chip inhibitor. I had already proposed to cover the chassis and underside with a rubber coating once complete so this was really interim protection. One word of advise, use different coloured paint for subsequent coats that way you can see were you've been!! try painting black on black and tell me how you get on!! As you can see from the photo's I chose blue and black. In total I spent 41 hours on the chassis getting it to a stage were I could start to attach components. One of the major difficulties that I encountered was within the steering set-up. I spent many hours endeavouring to get the steering shafts to line up correctly and to give enough clearance from the chassis and the alternator so as not to foul when the steering wheel was turned. I have asked a number of owners how they overcame the problems and most have had linkages made from other steering shafts to overcome the problem, I have been told that the rose joint from a Ford Transit will rectify the problem giving slightly more flexibility than the rubber jointed shaft.  I am yet to fully rectify the situation to my satisfaction and anybody reading this who has retained the Power steering assembly and resolved the clearance problem I would be happy to hear from.  Bringing the chassis up to the rolling stage was a relatively straight forward affair with the only difficulty being experienced in fitting the differential which really just needed brute strength and ignorance to manoeuvre everything into place. I was reconditioning everything as I went along and I have included comparisons of the brake callipers before and after, besides the pretty colour they have new rubbers and seals etc. I fitted the brake and fuel lines as best I could without the engine and gearbox in place and finalised there position once all the ancillaries were on. The engine and gearbox went on without any hitches and made the chassis look more like a car at last!!! Even my wife thought that I had made some progress!.....hereby lies the problem ....you see real progress as you add components and build your vehicle into a rolling chassis...only to spend a considerable period of time in preparation and tweaking over the next stage which shows little in the way of viewable improvements......at this stage its easy for the enthusiasm to dwindle....especially if its winter time and your in an unheated garage!! However the end result justifies the long slog...so onwards and upwards!
 Most of the work carried out todate was completed by myself but there were times when the assistance of a friend or friends were crucial and certainly made life considerably easier.