Patched the hole in the floor, cut a piece of sheet metal using aviation snips. Die grinded the edges smooth, wire brush and DA sanded the surface rust and shot with primer on both sides. Mounted from the underside and used self-tapper hex screws to fasten it to the floor. Got tired of trying to get someone to weld it in for me so I got it done the only way I knew how.
Still another afternoon or two of bondo, steelstik, primer and RustOleum rattle can finish left to go along with cleaning up the bead for the windshield gasket. I wanna coat top and bottom of the floor with the rattle-can bedliner stuff, so there's that too. Hopefully weather permitting and no more weekend work that pays my salary I can progress on having the truck torn down to the frame.
Yeah, I know it looks like Frankenstein but eventually a rubber floor mat will hide it. Heard it referred to as an "Okie patch" although I didn't use tin...