i was lucky enough to get a van den plas from a mate, car was all the way in Ladybrand in the free state and was truely a barn find, car started and runs fine, has a carb issue and then big penalties on the licence, apart from the paint work, the rest is 100% van den plas, hopefully another one that will be started soon.
This is a lovely car Trinesh and it'll look great once restored.
I know the intention is the get it back to stock VDP spec, but I quite like the mk1 grille and overriders.
unfortunately the grill goes back to the original owner, he bought the grill in uk and carried it around his whole trip , he has two other minis so he will be putting it on there, he gave me original hockey stick grill, it will go to original VDP with some subtle changes.