Paint removal almost done

So the challenge is getting into pretty clear focus.  Took a series of pictures today documenting the items needing attention.  Starting at the front end, both fenders are removed and here's the rot in the inner fender area, drivers side:

Passenger side a little better, did not penetrate the inner fender itself:

Both of these areas will be repaired with extra sheet metal to cover up the rot.  Not real critical to structure, but needs to be addressed.

Then there's the rocker panel situation.  The structure provided by the boxed in rocker panels has been replaced by some prior owner or body shop by the previously mentioned piece of large, thick  angle iron.  Now that we have a lift in the shop it's easier to take pictures, you can see this angle iron in these pictures:

From measurements of deflection it appears to do a great job of making the car stiff.  Our challenge is getting it to also look right. 

The front fenders are removed, they show some challenges too:

Between the MGB GT front fender that came with the car, the two larger front fender patch panels we bought, and the original fenders we think we can come up with solutions for the front of the car.  With the large beam in the middle and replacement outer rocker panels we think we have the middle of the car covered.

Now for the rear.  Here's clear pictures of the read wheel arches:

Kinda ugly.  We got donated a rear half of a rubber bumper MGB as a source for these wheel arches, here's a picture of it, is a stalled trailer project now becoming a donor:

Then we've got the challenges at the rear of the car.  The drivers side was sideswiped, the passenger side rear was hit bu the taillight, and it appears to also have been rear ended:

A lot of these dents in the rear are coming out with hammer and dolly.  Today I got the rear lip pretty straight, now I find the trunk lid does not fit real well, it's still bent from the rear end collision.  Plus there is localized damage on the trunk lid by the latch:

Trunk lid is laying against the blue hood, we have line of sight to another hood in much better shape.

So we've got our winter project pretty well defined here.  We have a friend with a welder who will be helping us out in December, be good to get most of the welding done by early January.  Then it's bodywork (grind, beat on it, filler, block sanding, grind, beat on it, filler, sanding, etc) for the rest of the winter.  Hopefully in the spring we'll be ready to find someone to spray a nice smooth car for us at a reasonable price.