Not sure how to fix floor channel

[CA_Tallguy]

Howdy folks... Need some ideas in how to fix the floor channel in the front of my trailer where the battery boxes currently are. They are being removed and I am replacing the entire sheet of skin under the front window. It looks like the floor channel was just mashed over to accommodate the battery boxes, however the lower C channel that is supposed to go over the edge of the subfloor does not appear to be there.

Here's a photo so you can hopefully see what I mean...



Should I just try to bend it back up and rivet to the messed up metal? Or should I try to cut out those sections and replace it with spliced in segments of the right channel? I don't know how difficult it would be to try to get spliced in channel under the subfloor. I'm kind of leaning towards trying to bend it back up as a first course of action to see how well that goes.

I have concerns about how much structural strength would be lost by using spliced in segments, though if I could get the lower channel around the subfloor that would probably provide significant strength in holding the shell down it the floor.

Please let me know your thoughts!

[Aerowood]

The original "C" channel on my Gt did not wrap around the ply either. I would just try to straighten it as its pretty soft. If it does crack then replace it. I wouldn't worry to much about building a splice because the originals are not spliced.

[CA_Tallguy]

It came back up surprisingly well...