It's almost ready for welding just the fuel lines to be removed and drill out spot welds here and there.  

I remember project teabag... Wasnt it scraped in the end?

Paint the white one grey?! But then I won't have months of fun welding!!  

Im happy to listen to your suggestions, after all this will all be a learning curve for me. Only 21 and done numerous amateur welding jobs now. This is a whole different scale!

Managed to remove brake and fuel lines and binned the hydragas lines.

Found yet more rust on the minor scale, the exhaust shields even have created water traps and rusted out the floor. So they have all been binned aswell!

Then things went wrong, i broke two spot weld drill bits that are possibly 20 years old?!

Also got myself a wire brush attachment and set to work attacking suspect rust areas... Then the grinder blew up. Seems like all the gears in the thing have munched each other, the motor works just no drive!

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Also been wire brushing with the grinder on most rust areas trying to determine whether or not it needs a plate etc. Has made it seem a bit more saveable now...

some areas in fact are completely sound and just had surface rust. 

I'm on the hunt for metro arches and outer sills so hopefully welding can begin this month or next. Hand a few friends round who took the piss with a marker pen (see below)

More progress today, we are heading in the right direction at least.

In a nutshell today i drilled out the spot welds for the seat mounts then proceeded to cut the rot out of the passenger side. The way i see it I'm going to fix the floors first then the sills. From there i will then tackle both the rear and front subframe mounts. then after that the spare wheel well.

decided to start over with the gearbox steady mount. I have a replacement i can just puzzle in and weld up instead of trying to figure out something else that could've ended up being a bodge.

Interestingly this car has had welding before in the passenger foot well (see below)

more to come next week!

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So today i had to butcher the subframe mounts to get them off, the bolts were rust-welded to the chassis and the mount.

i also test fit part of the k reg floor into the gta. 

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I have done a lot of plotting and lets say 'self motivation' to get this well and truly underway. Again bare in mind, I'm 22 have no direct guidance for welding - only the web and certain peoples distant advice. I've been progressing when it comes to welding - STILL NOT PERFECT - but better and frankly neater!

Its all in the preparation - nice bare metal - steady hand - patience and concentration.

Anyway here are the pictures of recent progress!

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if you would call it a unit...? To me its more like a shack!

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HOW IS THIS FOR SOME HEIGHT THEN! LOL!

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Got the entire inner sill finished! It took a bit of patience, but the measurements from door seal to floor should be 190mm. This ensures the outer sill panel i've still yet to purchase will fit properly. The angle steel i got came in relatively cheap at £25 for both, it was a tad to thick but it still works. a nice tidy strong weld! probably my best yet, i've downsized to 0.6mm wire and it seems to of helped me stop melting through the body.

The only c**k up being the back corner/fuel tank housing step up. But its strong just looks ugly

I NOW HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY!!!!!!! finally able to sit/stand on the passenger side floor.

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