Bill, you can do it 100% correct or you can just weld it in. Either way will
work well simply depending on the severity and extent of your rust (does it
reach into the rockers and sills) to do it properly you end up taking apart
the sills and rockers and it is a absolutely HUGE job, if going that route
(and if that was what the body shop would actually do) I would cough up the
$350 and be happy. Yes you are capable of doing it that way, but I don't
think you want to. The other option is to trim the edge of your replacement
pan and trim your floor pan leaving about an inch of overlap and weld it in
on top. You can do a good job that way and once you are done it would be
very hard to tell. Be careful the replacement pans are not typically the
same depth as the originals and you do not want one floor to be 2 inches
higher than the other (some trimming of edges would be involved)
If you are doing the second way (which is probably the better and easier
bet) I would tell you to go for it.
The first way you can do, but you will hate yourself by the time it is done.
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: BillG [mailto:wrgingerich@uswest.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:07 PM
To: Spitlist
Subject: Floor replacement help
Greetings, All;
This is my first post since joining The List a month or so ago, so bear with
me if something goes wrong....
I need to replace the full right floor in my '74. I have the replacement
panel (Moss) and a friend who is a welding wizard (formerly certified for
nuclear work) but I'm a bit lost as to the exact procedure. From reading
the posts here, I know that several of you have performed this task. I'm
looking for any information that I can get. Is there a step by step
procedure somewhere? (Yes, I'm one of those AR people who read the
instructions first.) I'd like to do this with the body on the frame, if
possible. Obviously, body twist and rocker condition are concerns, but what
else? Is this a project that a bodywork neophyte and a welding wizard can
accomplish, or should I just cough up the $350 that the local LBC resto shop
has quoted me?
Thanks in advance.
Bill
Ps..Sign me up for the national club, too.
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