Well, after 5 days of rain, i've been able to get back out and work on the car.
All I have to say is "I'm A f@$king Champion" :y: Me.
In the end, I didn't need all the awesome stuff that Matt did up, I simply arsed it and fixed the timing up by leaving the distributor where it was, hand cranking to line up the dots, then moving the timing belt by notches until it started with the flick of the key.
I've also got the exhaust hooked up. It needs a new flange gasket, so it's a bit noisy, but it will get me to Rob Bliss to get a new one, plus the rest of the mounts put on properly.
So, the bitch is going again, and I can't think of anything else engine wise I need to fix for a while.