Has anyone replaced or repaired the drivers floor pan. mine is rusted pretty badly. Should I get the whole new pan or just replace the metal that has been dissolved away?
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I guess it really depends how bad the rust is and whether there is good metal to weld to. It sounds like and I'm betting that if it has rusted through badly in one or more areas then it is also thin in many other areas, so a complete replacement would be the way to go.
Fortunately all the vendors sell both standard and dropped floor pans ready to weld in for about $300. The dropped pans could be one way to go, especially if you are tall anyway. If originality is paramount then maybe someone who is cutting out a floor pan to drop them would have a donor original for you.
Julian
Fortunately all the vendors sell both standard and dropped floor pans ready to weld in for about $300. The dropped pans could be one way to go, especially if you are tall anyway. If originality is paramount then maybe someone who is cutting out a floor pan to drop them would have a donor original for you.
Julian
quote:Originally posted by Joules5:
I guess it really depends how bad the rust is and whether there is good metal to weld to. It sounds like and I'm betting that if it has rusted through badly in one or more areas then it is also thin in many other areas, so a complete replacement would be the way to go.
Fortunately all the vendors sell both standard and dropped floor pans ready to weld in for about $300. The dropped pans could be one way to go, especially if you are tall anyway. If originality is paramount then maybe someone who is cutting out a floor pan to drop them would have a donor original for you.
Julian
The decision depends on your perspective.
The value of an original car is that it is in such good condition that nothing needs to be replaced.
In my opinion, there are only two kinds of cars.
One is a restored car and the other is a car that needs to be restored.
A mint original car should be kept in a sealed mayonaise jar on the shelf of Funk & Wagnels to protect it for posteraty (Panteraty?).
quote:One is a restored car and the other is a car that needs to be restored.
Doug, there is a third type. One that has been restored and needs it again. My car was restored aover 15 years ago. IMO it needs to be restored again. Until someone figures out how to restore cars to where they don't ever wear out again, I think a car will need to be restored every 15 to twenty years or so. Sorry, but to me that is just the way it was meant to be.
I think a new floor pan might be the best way to go. It seems to be the rustiest part of the car. Today I got most of the electrical gremlins and the previous owners idea of a rewire upgrade, in spite of that the resto is moving along nicely. Cars definately wear out quickly if you don't treat them well.