On the LH inner bed side there was a rusty area around where the rear fenderwells attached to them. This area probably had debris and moisture retained in the area for some time until it finally rusted thru.
Luckily the RH side was in good shape so I used it to make a pattern for bead rolling a replacement section. Once the panel had been fabbed and bead rolled then I used the panel to mark the cut lines to remove the rusted area. After a few retrims and trips in and out with the panel then I temp fastened the repair panel to the flange of the rear inner wheelwell with some clekos.
Then I tacked around the perimeter and then went back and butt welded the entire edge. I also plug welded the inner fenderwell to the replaced area.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
