smooth cowl , and aluminum bed floor question

[sodak69c10]

question#1 i'm sure there are some post some where on how to do this but i was wondering the best looking low buck way of how to smooth off the vents in the cowl and then where or how do you feed air to heater core after said smoothing (can it pull enough air from inside the cab though the kick panel vents?)

question #2 i have a chunk of aluminum diamond plate and was thinking bout replacing rotted wood bed floor how can i mark the bolt holes and spac it up so than it same thickness as wood , or is there any where i can get new wood and strips from low $

p.s. i not very good with body work but i trying to learn

[Rokcrln]

Well the cowl is not the place to learn how to weld or do body work. Reason is that panel is very thin and flat so it will warp and distort very quickly. Practice with rockers, cab corners and other areas that will not show as much as a cowl that sits right in front of your face when you are driving.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[cdowns]

is this a fteel or step bed??

[sodak69c10]

its a stepside short box

and i have a friend who is a body guy and another who is a welder and works at a machine shop

[cdowns]

well what i did with a short step many years ago was i took a piece of 3/8 plywood sealed the crap out of it with undercoating top and bottomand used it for a base then fit the piece of 3/16 aluminum plate on top of it and held in place with about 6 countersunk screws on each edge dont forget to drill drain holes in the front // worked fine for me with no issues for the 25+ years i had the truck

[sodak69c10]

thats a good idea about the plywod i never though of that , maybe a tonneau cover to keep the water out

[scrapmetalart]

maybe marine or treated plywood under the al...