Yea tell me about it Mark, But every old Ford deserves a second, third and fourth chance, after all, why else would we do it?!
Update pics below
Seems to be going well, just concentrating on one area at a time





Had to fabricate some inner wing, and repair some of the cabrio extra gusseting





More inner wing lip restored, i didnt want to buy and entire inner panel just for the lip, so some 20Awg from work did nicely, its seam welded to the good part further round




After lots of advice i decided to only replace the bad parts, but took it back to good, i had some of the lower gusset to replace too, but once it was in, its strong as feck, i can pull that axle stand out and it wont budge an inch! Lots of grinding of my crappy welding now, and plenty of red oxide and skim of filler




the inner return of the sill ( door aperture) was a bitch to try and flat back , but after some door closing tests i realised i could afford quite a bit of filler to level out the welds, as id removed a lot of crap that was there previous




A coat of red oxide everywhere and a break for lunch was on the cards, cheese on toast anyone?







First skim of filler , seems to be going ok, im not the most patient person when it comes to filler, paint and prep work,






And this is how ive left it for today, 6 hours and ive had enough, i think another skim of filler and some wet N Dry and ill be ready for some Radiant Red