The floorboard is in! The job took a while but it turned out pretty nice.
I ended up relocating the wire bundle a bit forward so that it didn't interfere with the side of the floorboard. The bottom of the floorboard still interfered with the bundle so I ended up trimming maybe 3/4" off the outboard corner using a skill saw. I followed the general contour but basically took off the little section on the bottom that flares out a little. It took 2 minutes. I did a test fit and it was perfect. Then I went back and filed it down and smoothed everything down until it looked like it had been cut that way.
It looks perfect now, you'd never know I trimmed it.
The floorboard was installed, the aluminum pedals put back on, and the Porsche mats were re-installed.
This was good practice for a couple of weeks from now when I'll remove my peddle cluster and rebuild it. The bushings are shot. I suspected as such because the clutch pedal feels like it's hanging up near the top of its travel. When I got down there today it became pretty obvious that the cluster needs rebuilding. There's a lot of slop and binding in the shaft when I push on the clutch pedal or brake pedal by hand.
Projects...will they never end?
(said tongue in cheek. I secretly love this stuff)
BTW, as far as the floorboard being crushed in in a few places, yes, it is. But not in that area. It seems that in the car's 21 years of existence, some mechanics or owners have tried to jack the car using the floor as their lift point. Those spots are in the back though, for the most part.
