Floor Update

Posted by Keegan Chaput On 2008/9/26 22:29:42

I started in on the floors with the rear passenger body mount area. It is badly rusted where the body mount bolt sits in the little depression in the sheet metal. As expected it rusted the floor and the floor brace underneath it. I decided to drill the spot welds along the brace and remove the damaged portion. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to fix it on the car.

As you can see by the pictures, the basic shape was still there, but it wasn't going to be around much longer. Certainly I don't want to trust it's integrity.

I got it cleaned up in my little blast cabinet (thanks craigslist!) and cut the first patch out of 16g. I did some hand forming over a pipe and tacked it into place, then just walked it down the brace with heat and clamps, tacking it as I went.

The next two 16g patched went on the sided of the brace. A flat 90 bend, then more tacks and torch work until it conformed with the rest of the piece.

Now just lather rinse repeat on the rest of the floor braces. I wish I could say that this one was in the worst shape.

After the floor, the rockers!

Attach file:

---

  (25.41 KB)


  (33.14 KB)


  (16.11 KB)


  (19.46 KB)


  (22.18 KB)


  (20.69 KB)


  (28.61 KB)