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Countn Carbs:
Great ideas and yeah I was planning on hemming and rounding the edges on the back.  For my seat panels I did a 1/2" hem and that seemed to work out well. 

One other question - for the belly pan....I was planning on keeping the belly pan flat to the bottom rails however the transmission pan (p-glide) is about a 1/2" below the rails.  I was thinking of just making a one inch deep "pocket" in the belly pan to accommodate the tranny pan vs. having the whole belly pan hanging 1" down.

Any thoughts there??  Also I assume the 3003H14 .050" Aluminum can be used for the belly pan as well??

dreracecar:
The material can be the same.  Your choices for the bottom include beating a pocket into it or welding in a pan, both those take some skill to accomplish,  cutting a hole and leaving the pan exposed works or bending a tray and riveting it to the floor can be done also.  PG's tend to leak a little so a sealed pan keeps oil off the track

Countn Carbs:
Perfect and Thank You!!  I like your idea about bending a tray - makes me think maybe I could do nutserts into the pan and have the tray be removable for tranny servicing w/o removing the entire belly pan.

dreracecar:
use dzus buttons, nutcerts can spin/come loose and then you have problems.   In reality, bending the bottom up on the sides (u-shape) and laying the side panels over, dropping it  1/2" is not a big deal. and will not affect the looks. This is a complete new build, you can do it many different ways and will be period correct. The trick is not to over-think it and do it as simply as you can---that's the way it was done back in the day

THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER:
I'd either bend the bottom pan up on the sides or make a hammerform die from a piece of plywood and form it into the belly pan. I did this on some seat buckets for "elbow clearance" to make it easier to self-buckle up.

A piece of PigMat or even some carpet underlayment placed between the pan and the trans sump will collect any drips and will make the starting line starter a happy guy.

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