Project TN 20

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One of the issues I want to address before winter is fixing the big holes in the floor pan. The truck had reasonable carpet, and I wouldn't have found them except for the brown recluse sighting when I first brought her home. 7 years in a barn brings unwanted guests.

Mostly bad toward the hump:


The normal rust spot by the rockers has been repaired in the past with some plates of steel and silly putty. It's good enough I can put a floor pan in, go almost to the rocker, and next summer pull the normal parts and replace them. I hope to have more than normal stability when I do this by not having to do it all at once. I know it duplicates work....but I don't have much of a shop, and driving season is fast on us...

Past the point of no return:

That was the initial first cut, then I'll get closer. I'm hoping all those videos I watched on youtube have me ready for this

Like some of the other floor pans out there, the bolt hole for the cab support was off by 3/4" diagonal. Odd. I think my front cross member looks original, so who knows.

A little fingernail polish on the end of the pointy bolt up from the bottom, and a nice mark for how far off it is:

Looks better on my wife on a Friday night...

A little geometry and a plasma cutter


Flip it on the axis and bingo


Mostly cut in and ready for a fabbed piece under the pedal


I hope I can weld.
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