Replacing Wood floor in rear

[71Subman]

How hard is it to remove the wood flooring in the rear of my sub and replace it with something...I'm thinking som thick aluminum?

[cojnit]

This is a good question. I wanted to do something with an inlaid bow tie in the wood or something really slick.

TTT

['68OrangeSunshine]

I was wondering if an oak bedwood kit would work. Like from a shortbed stepside?

[JimKshortstep4x4]

Since the floor is used as a structural part, and it is tied into the body/floor/wheel wells/support frames, it can be a project. We
removed the floor out of this Burb once it was of of the frame and hanging by two chainfalls and it was still a project. We cleaned up the old marine plywood floor and reused it as it was in very good condition. We also painted it before reinstalling.

Jim

[smokekiki]

If you want a wood floor for show,I would overlay the stock floor.You can use the laminated flooring or thin hardwood.I did a 56 ford panel with a wood overlay and polished hold down strips.

[cojnit]

and what just mount all of the hardware for the overlay right into the original wood flooring?

[smokekiki]

We used 3/8 thick red oak.It was installed as a floating floor.We used 1/8"x3" steel strips that fit width ways on the floor.Attatched T bolts,by weld, in the spacing needed for the hold down strips.The strips where like the ones for a truck bed.layed the boards over the 1/8' steel strips.We then used polished SS angle at the front and back to hold the floor .the SS strips where layed lenth ways and held to the T-bolts with polished SS cap nuts.No holes had to be drilled in the floor except for the front and rear angles.