5-4-09
Ended up making the diagonal pieces for extra support after all.
Started on my new floor.
First I cut a piece of cardboard that would fit over the gap and weighed it down.
After I had the weight on it I went underneath and traced the gap onto it.
Once it was traced I cut it out and traced that onto my sheet of 16ga sheet metal. I clamped it to 2 chunks of wood which I placed on some sawhorses so I could cut it out with my grinder.
Here it is all cut out
Make sure to test fit it to see if anything needs to be trimmed down.
Here it is set in place with the fuel cell. It overlaps a little in a couple areas but nothing that will matter much.
As I tack it down tomorrow I will be shaping it so it flows with the floor of the car. After that I can make the cover that will bolt to the floor and cover up the fuel cell.
