Once I got the pieces fit together I fired up the mig and melted everything together.
Fitment before welding. This is how I beveled both sides of the weld joints
http://images12.fotki.com/v335/photo...MVC003F-vi.jpg
Pretty good fit up
http://images54.fotki.com/v273/photo...MVC004F-vi.jpg
I cranked the mig up and burned these together in a few minutes.
http://images60.fotki.com/v661/photo...MVC005F-vi.jpg
I also did a little fill welding to help blend the top edges together.
http://images57.fotki.com/v505/photo...MVC007F-vi.jpg
Once I ground everything down it looked one piece again.
http://images54.fotki.com/v289/photo...MVC009F-vi.jpg
Mocking the pedals up in the van I think I will move the gas pedal over another 3/4 inch. I am just bending the rod up at the linkage bracket so it isn't hard to do.
http://images52.fotki.com/v638/photo...MVC012F-vi.jpg
With my size 12 on the pedals. Moving the gas pedal over a bit more will be good.
http://images20.fotki.com/v685/photo...MVC014F-vi.jpg
http://images56.fotki.com/v168/photo...MVC015F-vi.jpg
Thanks for looking.
Mark