Once the cage is fitted the interior can be primed and painted, I'm not sure yet what colour to paint the inside. The engine bay will be white so it easy to see leaks etc.
Its about ready for the cage. The floor has been repaired where necessary taking out all dodgy looking metal (mainly between the sill and floor section) and replacing with new. The only small bit left is where a FAT *ASTARD had been sitting in the drivers seat and broken the seat mounting in the floor! I will soon be welding tubes into the floor section to support the seats.
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Inner wings now complete, seam welded and with strengthening added to the sill ends and strut tops. Once the main part of the cage is welded into the car, I will take off the doors and bonnet and roll the car over onto its side in order to seam weld the underside.

If I do it now I am afraid that the shell might twist!. 3mm steel plate, cut and welded to the cage mounting points at the hoop floor and front lower door pillars. The front door pillars were welded into the door frame from the outside as seen in the left pic. This is just to add strength.

These pictures show the main hoop being put into place. The 3mm steel angle plate welded to the floor and the door pillar. The hoop can then be tacked in at the points where the seat belts used to mount.
NOTE: Make sure the hoop is 90 degrees to the overall level of the floor or sill.
The sections were marked and cut out for the front strut links.
As you can see to get maximum benefit the tube is cut right into the top mounting plate for the strut.
This shows the angle for the connection to the front leg.
Below shows a undershot of the top support and the link to the lower front leg mount at the base of the door piller, completing the triangle.
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