Fairplay thats given me some hope, am off to speak to a few trusted welders tomorrow, the rest of the car is in good shape, under the carpets the floor pans are spotless and the inner sills are good, just where the lip on the outer sill is the only place, unfortunately its pretty bad in that area.

Never mind, having owned 4 sapph cosworths in the past i'm used to having problems with my RS's! I'll be on this now until its all sorted.

If anyone knows a good place in the north west idealy chester area that can handle this kind of job let me know!