Re: Floor board repair

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stitching in your own floor pans or a patch isnt that hard.  Just takes 
time and patience to do it right. 

For me, I bought metal, a welder & accessories and a grinder for less 
than the quote given to have someone put the new sheet metal patches on 
the the main bow on my convertible top, it was rusted thru on the top of 
both sides, metal was gone.  Yes, I burned a couple holes when I started 
practicing the first time around, but once I read a few books and 
figured it out, talked to a few friends, I was able to do it no prob.  I 
practiced quite a bit on some scrap pieces before touching anything on 
the car itself. 

With the size of the hole and rust area, I dont think it would warrant a 
full floor pan, just a piece big enough to replace the cancerous area.

There's a number of sites you can go to to learn it, or if you have a 
buddy that knows has a MIG or gasless MIG, have them help you out.

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/thin-metal.htm

Yes, you can clean/cover it, but IMO, that just gives more problems work 
later.  I realize people have had successfull patches on for many years, 
but I figure do it right once, else, do it over and maybe have it be a 
bigger job later.

--Tom

Ollie wrote:
> Buff area really good, treat with Ospho, fiberglass, brush paint with 
> a marine apozy primer. Or pay the bucks to a body shop and replace the 
> pans.
> Ollie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Safford" <hzf9vv@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:31 PM
> Subject: Floor board repair
>
>
> > Having never done any body repair, I'm not sure how to get started
> > with a repair on my floor boards.
> >
> > I've posted a couple of pictures here:
> >
> > http://picasaweb.google.com/hzf9vv/DartFloorboardRepair
> >
> > Do I just cut out the rusted area?  If so, do I use a rectangular or
> > circular shape?  Should I use a pattern for removal so that I can use
> > the same pattern ( a bit larger I'd guess ) for the replacement metal?
> >
> > Are there professional welder people that can come to your house to
> > weld in the new pieces?  I'll probably have some frame rail connectors
> > to weld in place as well ...
> >
> > I don't want to start cutting stuff until I have some semblance of a 
> > plan ...
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Brian Safford
> > '62 Dart 440 / Poly 318
> > 2010 Challenger RT / 5.7 HEMI argh argh argh argh :-)
> >
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