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Rusted floor on my 67
Just starting on my 67 GMC. Pulled out the floor insulation and found rust on both the driver and passenger floor. It's rusted all the way through in places. How is this normally repaired? Do I get a welder to weld in a patch of some sort? Is there a pan type kit that goes over or under the existing floorboard?
Any ideas on options is appreciated. I don't plan on a frame off restoration.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
welding is the best way, ive seen others use rivets or screws, if you go that rought use a good sealer, depends on how big the holes are, they make a whole floor, you can get half floors or if its not to big get some good sheet metal and cut the rust out and weld a patch piece in
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
lmc is a good way to go, you can buy a decent sized piece of sheet metal from them. as far as the floor is concerned it is pretty common to find rust on the floor next to the kick panels. go to www.mobilehotrodrepair.com this guys has some really good videos that show rocker panels and floor being repaired.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
i guess most of these trucks has or had some rust in different places...welcome to the board from Texas, just try and fix it as good as you can, so it will last a long time.....its a lot better to get all the rust out and replace it with new metal, that way these great trucks will last forever.....
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Thanks for the input. The mobilehotrod videos are very cool!
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
pics pics pics pics.... catch my drift?
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Pics of my rusted floor.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Wish you were closer...I have the majority of a floor in the keeper corner just for someone needing it like you.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
LMC's complete floor plan (rkintn 68's pic) is a great buy. I used one on my 68 GMC. Cut the old one out, pop the new one in, and tack away!
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
mobile hot rod repair vids are awesome!
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
GMC Paul's sells floor pans too.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Im by no means an expert on this, but--------having just paid almost $3K to repair a floor that initially looked much better than yours, my advice would be to do a lot of investigation BEFORE you spend money on repairs.
With the condition of your rockers and the floor at the toe board, I would also say that your lower door post extensions are also rusted away (that you cant tell until you remove the outer rockers. My favorite saying is that rust is like an iceburg---90% of it is unseen. You are looking at some extensive floor repairs----it might be more cost effective to find another cab in better shape. The truth is "these trucks rust", so finding one thats never had rust is highly unlikely, but there are better and worse candidates for restoration. Had I known how extensive the rust was in my cab--Id have driven across country if necessary to find a better one, but as we worked on mine--the more we fixed, the more we found. We quickly got to the point of no return--had too much in it to stop. Its rust free (?) now, but the cost was much higher than I initially imagined.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
buy your tins from wes off here.. great guy and great prices... then go to work on it.. i did all the metal work with a few other board members that are from my town.. and after they taught me a bit and what not it all fell into place.. fairly simple
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Check out my build on the 67-72 builds, I just replaced my drivers side outer floor, inner kick panel, door pillar and outer rocker. I will give you a idea of what is done.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
Im pretty new at welding too, I just started welding this year and haven't made it through two spools of wire yet.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
i redid the floor sections. inner & outer rockers, cabcorners, & cab supports on my 72 c20 before they offered whole floors. my cousin just did his 72 k10 but he did the 1 piece. definetly spend the money for whole floor... unless your like me & enjoy welding. either way it's a lot of work, just less room for error with whole floor. a few things of welding advice. the cleaner your metal the easier it welds. use .023 gauge wire not heavier ( decreases chance of any warpage) TAKE YOUR TIME. you'll be glad you did
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
SDUCKWORTH13,thats DAMN good work dude.
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Re: Rusted floor on my 67
It shouldnt be to bad to do it yourself.. were in nor cal are you located?
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