Good to see you're on it.  Where did you get that section of floor?  Nice piece of material to work with. You have some big gaps to close up and you'll get a lot of practice doing it!  Keep us posted of progress.  I think I'm done with anything substantial on my project unless we get a sustained warming trend.  Happy New Year!

Ok first update of 2025. Didn't post last wk because my Farther n law is in the Hospital with pneumonia but he is getting better.
So I finally started a few tack welding in the drivers floor pan. I used 1 sheet metal screw to help hold pan down. Got a few spot welds after trimming the pan a little more and drilling some holes for spot welds. Only one picture this time.

I want to say I have later Pinto springs in my 73.  I did cut them though to get the ride height I desired.  Maybe someone else can chime in.

That's what I did. 1977 springs in my '72 and cut them to get the ride height I wanted.

Pretty much this subforum is the resource for giving a Pinto some 2.3T power.
For years now I haven't been getting email notifications of subscribed thread replies. Haven't changed my account settings nor email and nothing lands in the spam folder so I have to check the forums manually.

Looking good... Practice makes perfect!  When I did my Mustang floors I had to replace the entire passenger side including some of the toe board, but the driver's side wasn't as bad so I only cut the bad parts out and sectioned in the parts of the new panel that was necessary. 

Some advice in case you are interested...w hen welding the sections in, don't try to run a continuous bead without stopping the trigger.  Trigger a spot at a time to let the puddle settle, then quickly hit the puddle with another quick trigger, and continue.  Warpage isn't as much a problem on the floors as it would be on a quarter panel so you can probably do a couple of inches at a time in between machine "rest periods". I'm no expert, but I've picked up a few tricks welding on junk cars through the years! 

Keep posting to keep us engaged.  I haven't done anything to my project in about a month.  I want to install the grill in the front surround then mount it on the car.  I did install the bumper/headlight mounts but I don't think I submitted a debrief report.  I may do it this weekend even though it is going to be frigid this weekend!