A good fix

This morning Dad was almost done cutting out a new metal floor. He used a pretty thick metal plate, very sturdy, wich is already painted on one side (that's recycled stuff of course!). A few openings had to be made in the metal sheet: the steering column goes through the large oval hole, some electric wires will go through the smaller one. The half-circle hole is for the brake pedal. Here's the new floor:



Once properly fitted in position, it will be screwed along the side wall with metal screws, sealed with industrial glue. On the opposite edge it will be welded to the part of the original floor that was still in good shape. The other round hole visible in the sheet is the master cylinder fluid service access hole. There was originally some kind of cap covering this hole, but it had been replaced with the lid from an old paint can... wich as you may guess didn't help to keep the water out.




The passenger side's floor should be easier to fix. Dad still hasn't taken the old plywood off yet, but looks in better condition than the driver's side. One thing for sure a replacement metal sheet won't as hard to cut out and fit because there are no holes or opennings like the one on the driver's side. The picture shows some rust on the "step", there is even a hole where it is completeley rusted through.