[coralhead]

Nick, Before you get going welding in steel you should look at how the original steel was inn the truck. I would look at getting that forward rocker panel straightened out first being that the lower lip of the outer cowel panel needs to be welded to that. The toe board and inner and outer cowels carry a lot of the weight of the cab. The piece you welded in will need to have a hole drilled through it for the mounting bolt.

Just take a look at some other pictures of trucks in that area before you weld yourself into a corner.