ok, here's the latest update, got the battery tray cut out, and sheet metal welded in place of it, wiped the problem spots in the bay, finally got around to taking pictures of the tension rod brackets, took out a bunch of misc shit, and primed the engine bay. Weather permitting I'll have the bay painted tomorrow, no real break through shit on this build so far, but stay tuned, it'll get better as soon as the small shit is out of the way.
BTW you can feel free to comment, i'd like to hear peoples feedback, although i know its a little early for it.