Have now completely stripped down the case, which was easier than i expected, no rivets holding things on just screws. Was a bit of a pain getting the front panel off but managed it in the end and now i know how it goes, should be easier putting it back together.

Next job is to get hold of a slimline drive, and sort out some brackets to hold everything in place, am in the workshops at work next week so will be able to get hold of some sheet metal, a guillotine and a bender so should all be ok

After that I'll be hunting down some orange LED's to change over the hdd and power lights on the front panel from their standard blue.

I'll be sending the insides of the case away for powder coating, but im unsure if I should send the external pannels away too, as they're annodised alluminium it'll be a pain in the arse to sand down to bare metal, so I may just leave them seeing as they're black already.