1963 Valiant Wagon "Candy girl"

Princess Valiant said
As I examined the floors closer today I think I am going to repair the floors with standard flat sheetmetal.

The reason is because the area of repair needed. When I went through @RustyRatRod build thread, I see that he cut a very large area out that the president fabbed panel covered. If I cut that much out, I'd be cutting a lot of good original metal out.

My required repair area is only a fraction of the size of what a pretty fabbed patch panel would cover so I think the regular sheetmetal will do a sufficient repair, however I am going to lose a few strength ribs on the passenger side rear area.

A side advantage of the regular sheet metal repair is that its cheaper and I will get it done this week and be able to treat, prime and finish paint the floor with the hump welded in, this week or next. Either way, soon.

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Do like I did and put some ribs back in the new patch. REAL easy. Stick the metal up on the vise, open the vise about as wide as you need the rib to be and take a deep socket just a little smaller and stick it on the metal right above the open vise jaws. Take your hammer and start gently pounding the socket and metal down into the open vise jaws. Just keep doing that until you have your rib as long and deep as you need it. If you look back at my thread, you can see where I did that on each side in the extra filler panels I had to make because the rust went further than the panel. It's real easy to do. That way, you won't lose any strength in the floor.