[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

I don't claim to be a body man but I've welded my share of sheetmetal. The way I would do it is cut it in a circular shap, but say about 1/2 inch from the edge of the recess for the door. make sure you have a good fitup to the bedside and start tacking away, skipping around as you normally would when welding sheetmetal. That's just how I'd do it.....someone like Alan may have a better method.

I agree, but will add this. Are you going to butt weld or lap weld it in? I would butt weld it. If you don't have much welding experience then I might consider a lap. The amount of filler would be minimal to make it all flow together. I can't remember if yours is a fleet side. If so are you running side mouldings?