Finishing the second cover

With the lip panel made up it was time to trim the centre, in the same way as I did with the first cover.

Just making sure everything lines up correctly and so that the panel ribs underneath could also be marked out...

Trimmed to allow for the ribbing...

Tack welded in position.

...and final welding. In this picture the lip panel is still flat so does not follow the contours of the chassis spine.

Here the lip panel has been dressed into shape around the chassis spine.

...and some primer to keep the rust at bay.