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@jonnydelmundo
I restored one last year, and ended up riding the Dunwich Dynamo on it. They're not the lightest but can be made surprisingly quick.
My build / restoration thread is here:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/281162/
Brompton rims are best, the original brakes work fine as long as you use decent pads (i put a pair of swissstop on them) and armourtex powder coating is worth doing. The suspension mech is a bit fiddly, particularly the front, and you need to be careful not to lose anything. I wholeheartedly recommend the Moulton Bicycle Club for advice (http://www.moultonbuzz.com) and there's a chap named Michael Woolf there who will be able to help with parts, etc. (being firmly based in the 1960's he's only contactable by post!)
One word of warning tho - my frame was also a kirby built effort and quality control was poor. I had several cracks appear which needed repairing so the project ended up becoming quite expensive. However it was still considerably less than the cost of a new Brompton and a thousand times more fun.
Best of luck