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dmurphy68 · 09-30-2003, 08:33 PM

who knows how to do one. some one posted it a long time ago any one rember thanks alot. I really need to know because i want to start on my panel truck.
thanks
Darren

Nate003 · 09-30-2003, 08:47 PM

I am gonna do a stock floor on my truck too. There is a guy on here named lotik that did one, that's where i got these pics.

Nate003 · 09-30-2003, 08:48 PM

pic 2

Nate003 · 09-30-2003, 08:49 PM

pic 3

Nate003 · 09-30-2003, 08:49 PM

last but not least pic 4

dinnut · 09-30-2003, 09:41 PM

whats with teh big hole in the floor?

BLACK AND BLUE 67-72 · 09-30-2003, 09:51 PM

Cab was probably a 3-speed or an automatic. Looks like a bigger hump will have to go back in.

dmurphy68 · 10-01-2003, 12:21 AM

pics are great but i need and want measruments. I know how to do it in a way but my main concern is the front end. I know i need to move my core support down. It needs to be the same as what i take out of the frame. man I do not know if this is worth the work oh well maybe lotec will post on this
see ya
Darren

**N2TRUX** · 10-01-2003, 01:05 AM

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Originally posted by dinnut
whats with teh big hole in the floor?

After he lowered the body the transmission won't clear the hump....

Can anyone tell me why he didn't angle the frame at the drop down so he wouldn't have to notch the floor? From what I can see if the stock front clip were angle cut at the nds, there wouldn't be a need for the floor to be notched...

Nate003 · 10-01-2003, 09:28 AM

i wondered the same thing N2TRUX. doesn't make sense to me.

lotik · 10-01-2003, 10:29 AM

n2trux, yeah i learned from that mistake. ifuess it only a cosmetic mistake. for some reason i was thinking that woul be further ahead of the cab. but yes i should have put the tubing on a slope there. (btw, this is my first full custom) heh

lotik · 10-01-2003, 10:30 AM

i also shoule have Z'ed the front frame horns for the core support instead of cutting down into them and reinforcing. i guess i'll know for next time..heh

dmurphy68 · 10-01-2003, 09:18 PM

ttt anyone got some instructions dot want to screw it up

I have body droped stuff before but i have never done a stock floor

lotik · 10-01-2003, 10:04 PM

i'm not under estimating you capabilities, but if you need instructions then i wouldn't recommend you doing it to your vehicle.

dmurphy68 · 10-01-2003, 10:11 PM

no it is not that . I know I can do it but I know other people have doen it and i wanted to know what problems and other stuff like that you or others have ran int.i have body drope about six trucks but have never done a stockfloor that is all i am asking about

lotik · 10-01-2003, 10:18 PM

ohhh. ok. let me think. make measurements and marks for the body mounts. they need to be perfect when they go back on. test fit panels (and cab) if possible. check distibutor clearance. i have to jack up the cab to get mine out. heh

Nate003 · 10-01-2003, 11:06 PM

hey lotik, do you have any pics of the new tranny hump installed without carpet or anything, cus i'm gonna be doing a stock floor myself and just wanted to see what your's looks like.

**N2TRUX** · 10-01-2003, 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by lotik
n2trux, yeah i learned from that mistake. ifuess it only a cosmetic mistake. for some reason i was thinking that woul be further ahead of the cab. but yes i should have put the tubing on a slope there. (btw, this is my first full custom) heh

Hey, don't take my post as negative. I think you got it going on, since your truck is railing, and it's the floor is intact.

I was just curious if it was done that way for a reason that I didn't see. Sometimes what looks wrong in a pic has a very valid reason for being the way it....

09-30-2003, 08:33 PM	#1
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	stock floor body drop who knows how to do one. some one posted it a long time ago any one rember thanks alot. I really need to know because i want to start on my panel truck. thanks Darren __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

09-30-2003, 08:47 PM	#2
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	I am gonna do a stock floor on my truck too. There is a guy on here named lotik that did one, that's where i got these pics. Attached Images

09-30-2003, 08:48 PM	#3
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	pic 2 Attached Images

09-30-2003, 08:49 PM	#4
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	pic 3 Attached Images

09-30-2003, 08:49 PM	#5
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	last but not least pic 4 Attached Images

09-30-2003, 09:41 PM	#6
dinnut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: missouri city, tx Posts: 4,486	whats with teh big hole in the floor? __________________ 70 longbed 496/th400/Ford 9"

09-30-2003, 09:51 PM	#7
BLACK AND BLUE 67-72 Firefighter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Yellville, Ar, USA Posts: 1,943	Cab was probably a 3-speed or an automatic. Looks like a bigger hump will have to go back in. __________________ '72 Chevy SWB 350 Auto '67 GMC LWB 350 4 speed '70 Chevy 4x4 Stepside 350 Auto Yellville, Ar. USA

10-01-2003, 12:21 AM	#8
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	pics are great but i need and want measruments. I know how to do it in a way but my main concern is the front end. I know i need to move my core support down. It needs to be the same as what i take out of the frame. man I do not know if this is worth the work oh well maybe lotec will post on this see ya Darren __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

10-01-2003, 09:28 AM	#10
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	i wondered the same thing N2TRUX. doesn't make sense to me.

10-01-2003, 10:29 AM	#11
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	n2trux, yeah i learned from that mistake. ifuess it only a cosmetic mistake. for some reason i was thinking that woul be further ahead of the cab. but yes i should have put the tubing on a slope there. (btw, this is my first full custom) heh __________________ negative camber //LA\\

10-01-2003, 10:30 AM	#12
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	i also shoule have Z'ed the front frame horns for the core support instead of cutting down into them and reinforcing. i guess i'll know for next time..heh __________________ negative camber //LA\\

10-01-2003, 09:18 PM	#13
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	ttt anyone got some instructions dot want to screw it up I have body droped stuff before but i have never done a stock floor __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

10-01-2003, 10:04 PM	#14
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	i'm not under estimating you capabilities, but if you need instructions then i wouldn't recommend you doing it to your vehicle. __________________ negative camber //LA\\

10-01-2003, 10:11 PM	#15
dmurphy68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Middletown ohio Posts: 1,058	no it is not that . I know I can do it but I know other people have doen it and i wanted to know what problems and other stuff like that you or others have ran int.i have body drope about six trucks but have never done a stockfloor that is all i am asking about __________________ The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. - George Washington No free man shall be debarred the use of arms - Thomas Jefferson Later Darren http://www.myspace.com/dmurphy68

10-01-2003, 10:18 PM	#16
lotik drag it like you stole it Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 542	ohhh. ok. let me think. make measurements and marks for the body mounts. they need to be perfect when they go back on. test fit panels (and cab) if possible. check distibutor clearance. i have to jack up the cab to get mine out. heh __________________ negative camber //LA\\



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10-01-2003, 11:06 PM	#17
Nate003 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bremerton Wa Posts: 124	hey lotik, do you have any pics of the new tranny hump installed without carpet or anything, cus i'm gonna be doing a stock floor myself and just wanted to see what your's looks like.

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