The front floors on this beast were, to put it plainly, trashed. The rust was so bad, rust creeped into the splash pans in front of the front tires. Not something we see out here in Colorado, but this bus was from coastal Oregon. Quite a job, defiantly the worst repair of this cool ride. The challenge is getting the original remaining floor to match up to the donor floor. A lot of mocking up and trimming, over and over.  |
| Driver's side splash pan was pretty rotted out and needed to be patched and welded in. |
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| Patch getting formed in |
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| Added a second patch to get the correct curve |
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| The lip for the floor to rest on needed to be welded in. The original having long since passed away into rust heaven. |
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| The floor ready and prepped for the donor floor to be dropped in. |
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| The donor floor with the aftermarket patch welded in as needed. The donor floor was just too rough. |
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| Driver's donor floor welded in and finishing is started. I had to cut it carefully so I could retain the pedal assembly locations. |
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| Passenger side floor welded in and ready for finishing |
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| Passenger Floor Welded in. The donor floor for this side was in much better condition. The splash pan only needed a small repair as well |
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