Managed to twist the bosses arm and he's let me work on the car at work in a nice spacious heated garage. At least the carpets will dry out now.
I've started removing everything now ready to lift the engine and put the new one in which should hopefully be here next week. I decided I liked the look without the dash so I'm gonna completely strip it. I'm not interested in music etc, I'd rather sit and listen to sound of turbo spool and dump (geek).