Thanks guys! I aqm pleased everyone is enjoying this as much as Mel and I are! Roger, I find it is good to FINALLY get this stuff out of my head and onto the van!
We got a LOT done this weekend. Mel worked his ASS off on the floor patch. We had an issue where the two pieces we are welding together were mis-matched.
http://images12.fotki.com/v20/photos...MVC004F-vi.jpg
One section had floor ribs and the other didn't. Mel made a forming die from some 1/4" plate and made a couple of ribs that we welded into the floor to "terminate" the other set... Incredible. Here is the die and the 1st test "stamping".
http://images57.fotki.com/v1613/phot...MVC006F-vi.jpg
The lessons learned from that were applied to the die block. A little bigger radius at the back and some blending on the corners gave him the 2nd test stamping.
http://images16.fotki.com/v368/photo...MVC010F-vi.jpg
That's a winner!
http://images59.fotki.com/v111/photo...MVC021F-vi.jpg
He cut and fit them to the patch panel. Once these are weleded in you will never know.
http://images60.fotki.com/v778/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
Tacked in and looking good. Thanks Mel!
http://images51.fotki.com/v102/photo...MVC007F-vi.jpg