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I started with mtbs myself

You got a decent steel frame there but you'll find the angles very slack and wheelbase long major clearances ahead even more if you fit 700c wheels, you might try fitting a fork with less of a rake as I did with this one . The hoops are probably 27" and look proportional to the frame I'll bet the block is a screw on, you will not get away with removing it and screwing on a fixed sprocket, there is no room for the lockring plus it screws on the same way as the sprocket major danger when braking!
I found out the hard way!
Good luck with your build but you'll find yourself drooling over the pics in Bike Porn and coveting some of the current projects.

Cheers, dude!

The wheels unfortunately have very little going for them and are just a means of wheeling the frame and fork out of the way. They will undoubtedly be ditched.

The angles were what attracted me to it and why I said I'd have it before it got taken to the tip.

I'm really starting from scratch here. It wiull probably inherit an MTB stem and flat bars from my spares but I'm stuck as to where to start with the bottom bracket. ie do I try to convert to sealed cartridge? Is that even possible? If not where do I start looking for parts?

So, any suggestions will be most welcome and undoubtedly followed up with enthusiasm.

Meanwhile I'm riding the hack single speed MTB I just built up for free.