1966 with gear vendor

No doubt. My point was the use of 1/4 onch plate that follows the shape of the original floor to bridge the cut out section is relatively easy to make and very effective. The torsion bar cross member does have a significant amount of stress going into it from engine torque and deflection from the torsion bars. More rigid is definitely better there.
This is how much it needed. It is pushed up as far as it would go
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