BigFlo
Well-Known Member
So I'm getting ready to replace my floor pans and trunk floor on my 65 Belvedere. I've never done this before and I have a couple questions. I've read enough about the actual steps needed to cutout and replace/weld the new floor back in place, so I'm not looking for that kind of advice.
This is not going to be a show car and the orignal car is nothing of special value, so I'm not concerned with keeping it exactly original.
-I want to blast/clean off the factory undercoating from the underbody and frame and firewall, in the areas that will not be replaced with new sheetmetal. Should that be done before or after the new floors are in place? Does it matter or is it personal preference?
-My trunk floor is OK except in the center well area. I have several options:
1) replace only the center area with a piece of sheetmetal. That would seem hard to form properly, to get the right fit - especially around the gas tank filler tube area. The bottom of the original floor is fluted also, which a flat piece of sheetmetal would not have. I assume that the fluted area is there to add rigidity to the area?
2) Buy a replacement floor panel and cut out the center well area and weld it into the old floor. It seems like a waste to buy an entire new floor and cut it up!
3) replace the entire floor but that seems like a lot more work.
Thoughts?
Note that I will need to replace the trunk extensions and lower quarter patches on both sides at some point also.
-Does anyone know of a good, reasonably priced place in NJ or Eastern PA that does Mediablasting?
This is not going to be a show car and the orignal car is nothing of special value, so I'm not concerned with keeping it exactly original.
-I want to blast/clean off the factory undercoating from the underbody and frame and firewall, in the areas that will not be replaced with new sheetmetal. Should that be done before or after the new floors are in place? Does it matter or is it personal preference?
-My trunk floor is OK except in the center well area. I have several options:
1) replace only the center area with a piece of sheetmetal. That would seem hard to form properly, to get the right fit - especially around the gas tank filler tube area. The bottom of the original floor is fluted also, which a flat piece of sheetmetal would not have. I assume that the fluted area is there to add rigidity to the area?
2) Buy a replacement floor panel and cut out the center well area and weld it into the old floor. It seems like a waste to buy an entire new floor and cut it up!
3) replace the entire floor but that seems like a lot more work.
Thoughts?
Note that I will need to replace the trunk extensions and lower quarter patches on both sides at some point also.
-Does anyone know of a good, reasonably priced place in NJ or Eastern PA that does Mediablasting?