Thread: Followed Me Home II

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We've been having interesting weather patterns lately, warming to 70F today after getting 6" of snow last week with gusting winds all day. I took advantage of the warmth and after some stutter steps and back tracking ended up getting the pattern made for the driver's side of the trunk panels. I've got carpet left over and plenty of material, so may as well spiff up the trunk a bit. Making these trunk panels one has to consider not only the panel fit, but fitting the panel into place. After getting the side panel formed it simply would not clear the opening without bending, and bending isn't an option. After an hour or so of wrangling it I decided that I needed to make a filler panel for the back of the trunk, beneath the latch side to side. That let me trim off about 3" from the side panel and I believe it'll work!
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Next will be fabricating a wood box to cover the battery, then modifying the right side panel to fit around it tightly. A cold front is blowing in this evening, and the highs will be below freezing for ten days or so, so I'll spend some time measuring and figuring out the box.
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I've thought about putting hinged access doors on each of the side panels to use the area above the wheel wells for storage, but I think I'm going to pass as there's just not enough depth to make it worth while. I'll take another look after I get the wood panels made and fitting right, with some stop blocks glued to the floor.

After looking at these pictures I may think about forming a couple of filler panels for the recesses on the sides of the trunk floor, where the body bolts to the frame. I'm thinking it will make fitting the side panels a lot easier, and the dips are just going to collect dust & debris.... Glue a few blocks to the steel strap I added tying the body bolts together, and a strip of 1/4" plywood underlayment and the floor is flat. I guess I only thought that pattern was done....