Replacing Whole Car Floor

On todays video we go through the steps to restore the floor boards on your classic car 4x4 or daily driver.

Replacing whole car floor.

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. By madcat x1 len gates in the uk provided this important caution. Install full floor panels. 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.

Place your tacks on both the interior and exterior sides of the floor pan. 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. Check to ensure that the floor pan is still in place that there are no gaps and that it is still aligned. 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 any repairs that require welding cover all the glass on the car and on any other cars in the workshop where you re working. 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. The parts supply and quantities used in liste.