Sounds like you're having fun discovering all the little things that go wrong, maybe due to storage or maybe were always there but then forgotten about 
No shame in having a dirty car, as I'm finding out, she's done some work in her time and has the dirt to prove it Are those empire performance headers? They look very familiar, reckon I've got the same ones on the blue wagon. They are pretty bloody good for the money. Good call on the wrap, I ended up wrapping a section of mine under the LH CV boot as I suspect it was cooking them. Haven't had another split one since I wrapped the header underneath.
And the roof bars, my dads L had the same ones, RIP
Sounds like an epic Subinats, sadly it's looking like I won't be able to go
My brother and co are coming down to visit that week up to the 9th. Besides I really don't think I can afford it honestly. 50-60% of my earnings go on the house every month, doesn't leave much for anything else once food and other bills are accounted for