Jack receiver delete?, Anyone doing this? Options

[Bartlett 914]

My project car jack receiver is beginning to rust out at the bottom. The Longs look fine from the outside but I have good reason to believe the insides have some rust. The jack receiver looks good until I started poking around the drain hole at the bottom. I plan on cutting out the bottom triangle of it for an inspection. I can replace it but I think it is a bit of a pain. I do not use this receiver. I don't think I even have one of the jacks. Why not delete it all together. Weld some 16 gage plate over the opening. I would think this would add some strength to the long. Anyone doing this?

[Lou W]

Hey Mark, Here's a picture before I shot the final coat on the suspension, it shows the plate that I made to cover up the Jack Post Receiver area.

Hey Paul, Nothing new on the progress at this point. I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Thanks Lou.

That is bigger than I was going to do but that is a lot better. Beefs up the section even better. What gage did you use. Were you able to weld along the top or did you weld through holes?

I'm not sure of the gauge of the metal, it was the same gauge used on the GT stiffening kit. No, I could not get into the area above to weld, but I did use seam sealer on that area.

The reason that it was larger than needed, was because I installed the GT kit and I replaced one of the kits stiffener to eliminate the jack post reciever.