Late bay cargo floor advice

[giftshopduane]

I've started tackling the cargo floor on my 76 Bay.. I have a few questions about the process.

I removed the mostly decent floor out of my 79, the drivers side section on the 76 was rough, but the pass panel is solid, albeit with a lot of surface rust and a couple of very small sections that will take a patch. I will use the original 79 dr side panel and use patches from a crap repop panel, and pass side from the 79 floor, mostly at the outer edges, lip at back of drivers seat riser and flat section above inner rocker.

1. How is the rear section between the wheel wells tackled? Underneath, split the lip and slide the floor back under? Or cut at the inside corner and stitch weld it to the panel?

2. I was thinking its a good idea to leave the pass side cargo floor in, media blast it, both sides and seal with masterseries silver. Should I be concerned with the areas where it spot welds to the supports, or will blasting and sealing the contact area be fine?

3. Underneath the plates for the middle seat mounts needs to be addressed, are they just attached with the small beads of weld on the perimeter?

This bus sat for a long time stripped, the drivers side took the brunt of the weather, the pass side is surprisingly solid.

I will piece together the areas in need on the cross members while the rockers are out.

I've spent my life under the hood, this is my first time tackling bodywork and a resto.

thanks for looking

Chris

[williamM]

you may want to tackle the frame rails first.
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[WildIdea]

Now that the floor is out, why not take care of the rust on the front and rear outriggers, B pilars, cargo rocker and long wall rocker, etc. Shame to replace the floor and cover all that back up.

It is a lot of work though, but your in deep now anyway.

[giftshopduane]