With the first pan half located and ready for welding it was time to fit the second. With it roughly laid in place it was clear that it needed moving to the front for a correct fit and to be aligned with the right hand pan half.
The problem was found to be this tag on the rear torsion bar housing, so out with the grinder to take a thin slice off.
Pan back in place and the fit was fine.
The pan was one again positioned and then drilled as before for the Cleco pins (6" apart). Some adjustment of the panel was needed to get it to sit neatly on the chassis spine lip. Once done the pan was cleaned on top and bottom edges then punched for plug welding at 1" intervals.
Primed with weld through primer on the bottom edge.
Held in it's final position and ready for welding. This is the first time I've had a full floorpan for around 5 years!
Having positioned the panel I found a couple of dents that must have happened during delivery. These were knocked out using a hammer and dolly.
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