Thanks John, I've had a quick stalk on the FB EK forum and any of the photos that would've been been relevant were uploaded from photobucket and can no longer be viewed. Given you think the general shape is not too far off from what's in my photos, I think I'll just proceed to replicate the basic shape and then refit the front subframe to ascertain the correct position for the mounting bolts. I've already removed the crossmember under the floor as it had the usual rust at each end (poorly repaired), and some horrible modifications over the tunnel to allow for a bigger gearbox. I've discovered that the usual modification is to fit an EK auto tunnel for extra clearance. I've been in communication with the engineer who will ultimately sign off on this car and he's happy for me to simply raise the tunnel and make a new crossmember provided there is no loss of depth of section in the crossmember where it goes over the tunnel. I'll continue this thread by documenting the process as I go. Once again John, thanks for your help.
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