Hi James,
Both of your projects are amazing but I'm curious why you didn't just buy a good rust free Australian Delivered RHD car and then if you wanted Patrick to do the work exclusively ship the car to them? There are plenty of good cars and shells here and I would have though it would be a lot cheaper than doing a full conversion but you have obviously done your homework so I guess it must have been cheaper to go the way you did?
Oh one other question, your last name isn't Murdoch or Packer by any chance is it LOL, just joking mate.
Cheers Al