Riveting the floor

First I deburred all the holes in both chassis and floor and wiped down all the swarf, including blowing out the chassis square sections with air to remove as much as possible.

I applied a small bead of black sealant along all chassis rails that will contact the floor.  Then with the help of an assistant I placed the floor on taking care not to slide it about on the sealant and located 4 rivets, one in each corner.  Then I inserted all the rivets in the holes and took the traditional photo.

Using my dads “lazy tong” riveter I finished riveting in about an hour – this was quite tiring on the arms!