Ok here are the photos of the new project. She is now in the garage sitting on axle stands ready for me to start stripping her down. Once she is empty I will get her back on to the rotisserie and off to get soda blasted and primed.

The under side all cleaned up

A small amount of rust in the boot floor

In the tank panel with patches ready to be finished off

Showing the large tunnel

And the mounts for the SR20 engine

The inside

The main dent in the car is this on the front panel

How I have managed to fit the extra car in the garage

I have Purchased a new project shell a very good price 1200 NZD (you do the math). This does not mean that the old girl is junk I have spent too much time on her to just stop I will continue with her but at a later stage. I am currently thinking that the old girl will be for racing only not really for the road. As such the new shell will be a shorter build as she has virtually no rust. I will get her soda blasted and primed then possibly fit a set of steel bubble arches a atlas rear end 2 linked and will fit the 2 litre and 5speed that I purchased a couple of months ago. the shell has a large tunnel and mounts for a nissan SR20 engine and box but I am going to stick with the Pinto as I want to stay with a more mechanical engine and not computer controlled.
I will take photos of the new car next weekend as she is now under a tarp outside till I move the old shell to the side of the garage which I will do this week.
cheers Peter 

Only a small amount achieved this weekend mainly a bit of filling and giving the area a coat of primer to protect it from any moisture in the air as we are having our mid winter storms at the moment. So lots of rain around. The reason for not doing much is that my wife had a major birthday so it was a party weekend with lots of visitors. Have a good week Peter

Today I removed the old frame that was used to hold the battery in the boot and what do you know underneath was my old friend rust bugger.Once I removed the frame and ground away the excess steel and rust I cut a patch to fit and after a fare amount of welding and grinding it was fixed. I also tacked the new Patch into the L/H corner this involved a bit more work than the R/H side as the panel was not as badly damaged so it has been butt welded together on the R/H side I over lapped the panels once finished this side will look quite good .

The panel that was under the battery frame

These 2 are the new panel tacked in place I will finish the welding this comong week