Replacing Whole Car Floor

Tack the floor pan into place with a series of spot welds place eight to 12 inches apart around the perimeter of the floor pan.

Replacing whole car floor.

The parts supply and quantities used in liste. Save as much good original metal on the car as you can. Install full floor panels. If you ve decided to replace the whole floor you ll be drilling out a lot about 50 spot welds.

In some states a vehicle will not pass inspection if it has a hole in the floor and having this repaired by your local auto mechanic can cost you hundreds of dollars. By madcat x1 len gates in the uk provided this important caution. So whether you are restoring an old hot rod or trying to get another year of service out of an old car fixing the hole in the floorboard can be done. The common repair method is to trim the old and new create a stepped flange around the perimeter of the replacement panel and install it with a lap weld because butt welding is difficult.

We set out to show the different ways you can fix a floor using this 1960 pontiac catalina where severe rust and rot had damaged its floorpans and trunk floor. Weld spatter travels far and will bury itself into the surface of any glass it hits you can get it off with an acrylic scraper but the glass will be permanently pitted. Once you ve decided on full or partial panels the floor can be removed accordingly. On todays video we go through the steps to restore the floor boards on your classic car 4x4 or daily driver.