Are there any places nearby that install flatbeds. Those places usually stack up take-off pickup beds, and may have an abused bed they would sell you whole. You could haul it to your shop to use an angle grinder instead of a gas powered saw.

 

that last post made me think.. instead of trying to scab something in to match, why not remove all of it and use whatever you can find/afford/think will work best for all of it?

 

Thanks for the help, all.

I'm probably going to go with Gerehead's most recent advice and just make my own repair panels out of 18 gauge with some beads rolled into it. It's a work van, not a show car.

My shop neighbor does high-end restorations - Porsche 356's mostly - and had a nice bead roller I can use to put some nice 1/2" beads into my panels to stiffen them up.

Again, thanks.