Not sure how old you are but thinking you are pretty close to me. Remember those jobs we took on with almost zero tools and starting a job and not stopping till it was done. When I was 17 I bought a 1964 or 1966 opel Cadet that had a Fred flintstone floor. With no way to cut or weld metal I bought an Oxyweld kit that you lit a pellet to braze. Somehow I cut the metal and brazed the whole floor in that piece of crap 50.00 car. Great memories. Lol