I’m finely at the stage of putting some of the new metal into the van.
With the old inner sill cut out:
The new one gets clamped into place to provide a fixed point as I replace the cross supports (all are going bar one which I’m saving):
Trial fit of the front outrigger which didn’t need too much fiddling to get in the right position (I think?):
Fifth floor support cut out (far right where the space is):
And new one clamped and tack welded to the chassis:
Middle Outrigger trial fitted to the new floor support (fit seems good):
It feels good to be finally putting some metal back into the van after months of cutting it to bits.
Now to just carry on with replacing the rest of the floor supports. This is why I’m replacing most of them; the I beams were bulging with rust:
