as requested, but not much activity, although my inbox keeps filling...
 
Drivers side has had some filler, sill is all sorted, and generally primed to keep things happy until its paint time again.
The hip swage line needs a bit of work still to blend it nice on the arches, but for know its ok.
Front guard is just sitting there in the pic, and the drivers wok is in the too hard basket for now. 
 
A new front panel with headlight buckets  have arrived from SMCKA, along with the drivers floor pan. So next is to fit the pan first, then I think take the front rotisserie off, so the front panel can be unpicked and replaced.
Then come back to the footwell, and the fit the bonnet and line up both front guards and gap them.
 
I was digging around a few small bubbles of filler  that unearthed behind the rear quarter panel with a screwdriver... and dug too much.
Bugger, what's another patch to do..
Slowly,slowly

forget needing any tools, this guy puts us all to shame..
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eqxXunPiI 

yep, no Fitzee for them, not even a pair of tinsnips. Just hack at it with a cold chisel.
 
Not much progress to report, just one more repair welded in, plus starting on the driver floorpan.
Some fat guy in a red suit wants to come around next weekend, so its cleanup the house time again.

Ha Robbie, that's so not me! You make it sound like I have a plan..
 
After 26+ years of marriage, my wife knows when she asks 'what are you going to do on the weekend", the 2 or 3 things I reply back with, are exactly those that wont get done.
It frustrates the cr*p out of her, and something I have to work on, one of my few faults :) .
 
Van wise, the only thing in stone that it must have had, are bubbles, panelled windows, bumperettes, side stripes and Compomotive ML's. (and Marty is trying to entice me out of those wheels as it is with Ebay bargains).
I really am struggling over the engine though. I'm sure I have bored you all enough already on this, which is why i'm just focussing on the body so far. The toss up is wreck the 2 door for its pinto, gearbox, struts and anything else, then sell on as a roller, or sell it on as is running and nearly complete, and buy either a done up 2L or go electric. One is easy and a fun weekend or 2 swapover,  the other might be beyond my spannering ability.

Beams would be awesome motor swap.

Pinto and all the 2l stuff to go with it would make the most sense and be the easiest but raiding another car would really knock down the value of it. Personally i think if your going to motor swap anything into a small ford the duratec makes the most sense.

I drilled out about 20 spotwelds, thinking the old panel may even look good hanging in the shed.
But it was taking too long, and I remembered the sage advise given previously, just chop it into pieces... 
 which left this

and so by stumps yesterday, the new panel got a few welds in and a bit of etch primer in a couple of spots, and also 10 minutes with a poly strip wheel on the inner engine bay panels just to make more dust.
 
Overall, not too difficult a job with a bit of care. The new panel did get a few small dints though from the clamps which sucks, it is just so thin, but nothing a skim of filler cant fix.
The next on the list will be to unpick the remnants of the old front from each of the front guards seams where I hacked them off, ready to refit.
Then we can see if it really was centred or not..!!