@Mozza -- you're MILES ahead of where most of us started. You didn't just "do your research" (which is a meaningless exercise until you've driven one), you went out and spent a weekend rolling one
... and now you're doomed.
You're not just a casual prospective buyer with 14 other cars, thinking this would be a "neat addition to the collection". Guys like that bump up on the limitations of the thing, and bail after a year and 500 miles. Guys who have it bad push right through all the discomfort, imperfection in the platform, and 1930s technology.
It's BY FAR the coolest thing you'll ever own, and I've owned some pretty fun stuff along the way. We've all got opinions about builders and options (which will all come out soon enough), but let me be among the first to say,
Welcome to the Madness.