Lots of decision making and changing has happened in the last few days.
Blue as a colour is apparently not an option. 'been overruled. The latest colour is some bland maroon deal, which I'm pretty ambivalent about. But it appears MY opinion is irrelevant.
Picked up the chain block from Graham and I'm very happy 'bout it. He suggested shortening the chains on it, which I did and I'm pleased with it. Very experienced bit of gear, but with a bit of lubrication will be great. A lot safer than the wire winch I was using.
I attacked the fuel tank again today and got the loose bit out. It's obviously a piece of baffle, but its' baffling (groan) how or why it was in there.

Have decided to change the colour to something closer to it's original colour. It's actually 'Sky Blue' but not the same as the original sky blue. I didn't really like the original colour - too light and 'washed out'. Saw this colour or similar on a forum members car and liked it. The idea of a red MG is just too stereotypical for me and I wanted something a little different but still 'right'. Had to be a solid colour NO metallic.
Cleaned up the gear hole cover and sample painted it the colour I like.
I'm ashamed to admit this but I'm going to use spray cans on the car. The colour I like is available and later I can get the out side resprayed the same colour professionally. Because the areas of the car are not large, I'm confident I can make the car look presentable at this stage. Very DPO, but...

The work on the underside continued today and that will probably the last day for some time. I'm in the second week of my mid-term break and Sharon is wanting to have me back. I got stuck into the transmission tunnel and got it cleaned and almost ready to paint. I'd been dreading this and I'm feeling pretty happy that it's almost done. Just one more wipe over with some POR15 solvent and then I can paint it grey as well.
I came across some rather big 'dings' in the tunnel and I suspect that something has at one stage hit pretty hard from underneath. Possibly a rock are maybe the tail shaft has come loose at some stage.
One thing I have noticed - The floor pans have been attached with braze. I don't think this would be original so does that mean that the pans are the second lot in there?

Spent today on the interior floorpans and finished them off. Used a lot of thinners and rags and got most of the 'goop' off. Hit the pans with the wirecup brush and then cleaned again with thinners, finishing off with a wipe over with POR15 solvent. Used the heat gun to dry out and gave two coats of Grey POR15.
Covered any holes, from snap clips etc. with some small circles of Al that I punched with a small wad punch. Used the POR15 to seal the circles over the holes. Did this in case I want to use them again, rather than weld them up.
Even with all the cleaning, it's still obvious there are some areas where the POR15 dosen't stick properly. I think to do it properly you have to use the 'marine clean' and hose off. Something I can't do due to current water restrictions.
The use of my high pressure cleaner with lots of rinsing off, would make this a lot easier, but I can't do that. GRR.

I went through the process of costing a new repair piece and got some advice from the forum. After some more investigation, I found that the other side wasn't too flash either and the repair work and filler went up around the wheel arch. The correct 'fix' was obviously a right dogleg AND a complete left lower rear wing. Much more than I feel confident in doing at this stage and the whole thing was becoming 'bigger than Ben Hur'.
So, I've decided to leave that restoration for a time further down the track and being reasonably confident that the panels are structuraly OK. I did what my PO did. Filled it back up, and spray canned it. I taped up the drainage holes temporarily, put a tub underneath and pored a litre of fishoil inside the cavity. Swished it around abit (the rotisserie's good for that) and drained the excess out. I'll do that periodically, until I can get the job done properly.
The 'new' direction is 'fast tracking' the clean, paint and reassemble.
I'm starting to get impatient and I want to drive it. Don't think I'm going to take front guards off at this stage - therefore windscreen doesn't need to come off. Will clean up inside guards and give a paint with something to cover. Will continue with underside cleanup and POR 15. Then start on the cleanup of other bits and reassembly. The aim is to get it registered. ASAP.
Upgraded my membership so I'll be able to post more photos here.

Spent another day cleaning/painting. I've improved my cleaning technique and I don't make quite so much mess, but it's still a chore. Found a PO rust repair in the rear lower wing quarter. I wouldn't have touched it except that it was starting to blister. The panel had been patched and had massive distortion. The whole area had in excess of 5mm of filler to smooth it out. Very rusty behind it, I think I will replace it with a new panel. Morton quoted me $85 for the panel. Money well spent I think. I may redo the other side also. Found a little bit more rust in the drivers floor when I POR'ed it. I laminated a few pieces of Al. foil in the paint to cover the holes. Worked out OK, you can't see it when it dries.