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I'm in the process of replacing cab supports, outer floor, rockers, floor well and ect on a rusty 66. I've screwed or tack welded almost everything with excellent results except the rear floor support. It doesn't match the inner rocker when flush with the floor.

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If I bend the inner rocker (floor) to match then the B pillar bottom will need to altered. The B pillar bottom that
I replaced matched the org metal very closely. Any ideas

Had the same issue with mine, I think they just give the factory in Taiwan a Polaroid of an old cab mount as a "technical drawing"...

I see two options. Mine wasn't quite as bad, so I bent the "wings" back till they touched the inner rocker and welded them in place.

Probably a better way would be to cut where the wings join the rest of the mount, move them to the correct angle, and cut a triangle out of a piece of scrap to resulting gap in the side. This what I wish I had done on retrospect. Clear as mud?


Hope that helps...

Thank you, I think option 2 is the route for me.

I'm still a bit worried about the lower edge of the B-pillar (that I tacked in) being correct. As you said, your gap wasn't was bad. The b-pillar patch panel matched what was left of the original metal very well. It also matched the natural bend in the new floor section as you can see in the pictures. That is why I thought I was good until I tryed to install the brace.

Do you think my b-pillar patch looks correct? Maybe I need to modify the b-pillar patch and do option #2.

I think your B pillar looks fine, does it work with your neww rocker? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. I really think the problem is that the cab floor brace is just a porly made part. One thing I have found is that the replacement panels are really not the same as teh original parts. Better than fabricating from a piece of flat sheet steel, though! I have had to modify/mess with every single piece...