Mini tubs, advice, do's & don'ts?

Welding the trunk pan to the frame rail.
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Fully welded.

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Test fitting the cut out to the frame. I spent a while making sure it fit just right.

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Cut out fully welded.

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Welding in the filler patch. This is NO fun. The 18 gauge burns easy, hot slag fell and burned through my pants, landing on my leg first. That was eh, ya know part of the job but when one landed on my boys..... DAM, I got out the welding blanket and placed over my legs...

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Looks really good, nice job !