Since the panel truck had a wood bed that extended to the seat support and the new rear cab was going to extend into that wood bed, the wood bed was trimmed to clear the new cab.
There are also two body mounts (1 LH and 1 RH) that went thru this area that needed to be reworked and retained. After removing the wood bed and the associated angle brackets on the wood bed, it made a perfect place for running a 1” x 2”, 1/8 wall rectangular tubing from side to side to house the new body mounts. This was welded in place after the body mount holes were located and drilled.
The lower panel also has 3 stiffeners/supports that mount between the mid-band support and cab floor. Since the new floor is a different elevation than the stock truck the supports had to be shortened. All 3 stiffeners/supports were cut approximately mid-span and shortened to fit. I also added 3 weldnuts under each to accommodate some wood strips I plan to mount on the bed side of the panel. I will show them later in the build.
The last portion of this effort was to install the inner window panel. Like the exterior panel, this panel had to be split to fit as well. Once it was fit, the panel was drilled for plug welds, weld-thru primer was sprayed and the inner panel was sealed and welded in place.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
