Originally posted by Tiggie
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I would like to weld it, but I never have welded. I bought a flux-core welder specifically for this project and figure it'll be a learning experience.
But, it will take a fair bit of accurate alignment of the new pan for that to work well. The hard part is probably going to be "templating" the junkyard cut-out so it will align with my cuts in the car.
In retrospect I wish I had cut out two strips of the bad metal and left the middle section. But no going back now. I didn't realize how solid the rest of that metal was until the grinder was already through it.
The only reason accuracy counts here is that the fuel tank strap mounts are on it.
I could probably overlap the new pan "outside" (below) the trunk area and run screws through it, and seam seal it. It'd be ugly as sin but I strongly suspect it would do the job.
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