Doing floors…safe to do it with car sitting on suspension or essential it’s level on jackstands?

[TexasRoadRunner68]

I should be doing floors on my 70 charger sometime soon ish. AMD finally came through. I am working out of a two car garage and it’d be a beast to get it on jack stands and have proper room to open doors etc.

I could do this in the driveway, but that’s uncovered.

I do not have an engine or trans in the car. The rockers, rails and torsion bar crossmember are all solid.

Is there really a big concern about flex if I’m just doing front floors and rear footwells with the car sitting on its suspension? This would allow the car to be moved in and out of the garage while it’s being worked on.

It figure the lack of the drivetrain would lessen the flexing, but some of you guys probably know better.

 

[493 Mike]

I should be doing floors sometime soon ish. I am working out of a two car garage and it’d be a beast to get it on jack stands and have proper room to open doors etc.

I could do this in the driveway, but that’s uncovered.

I do not have an engine or trans in the car. The rockers, rails and torsion bar crossmember are all solid.

Is there really a big concern about flex if I’m just doing front floors and rear footwells with the car sitting on its suspension? This would allow the car to be moved in and out of the garage while it’s being worked on.

It figure the lack of the drivetrain would lessen the flexing, but some of you guys probably know better.

Tell us what you are working on.
Mike

 

[TexasRoadRunner68]

Tell us what you are working on.
Mike

70 charger. I’ll be cutting out the old floors and welding in a new one piece floor with rear footwells.

I could do it leveled on jackstands, it’s just a much bigger PITA with my current work space.

 

[493 Mike]

I think you will be fine doing the work on the tires, as long as they are all the same size and inflated to the same pressure.
Mike

 

[eldubb440]

rockers and roof hold it together.......if those aren't rotted, put it on jackstands or tires and letterip

 

[TexasRoadRunner68]

The lack of an engine means it sits higher up front. I doubt it sits level. But everything else looks solid. I’m hoping it’s stiff enough to roll it out to cut the old one out, fit the new one and weld it in over the course of several days and still be able to keep it inside.

 

[eldubb440]

you're fine rolling it in and out.....this one was a roller

 

[eldubb440]

bolt on the doors and line them up prior to welding if you're concerned........pretty sure one of the doors has to be removed to get the pan in the car


this is the same car........all welding was done prior to removing suspension, then it went to the rotisserie

 

[Bighouse]

Good advice right there. That’s how it’s done.