1969 Short Wide

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Very cool, looks good!

thanks Scott.

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

Looks good mike!!! Time to start some body work!!

Thanks Kyle, not so fast, still have rust to fix! dang it.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

looks great again mike! Q where did you buy your front floor pan? I have one from classic on I35 but it doesnt have the down brake at the front to match the firewall bottom. I can bend it no prob just annoying having to modify these parts. That and its 1.0mm a little thin. On my parts they range from 1.0mm,1.2mm,1.4mm. mine are all triplus/key parts. I would like atleast 1.2mm floor, do you know what thickness yours was? a lot of times classic will stick they're pn sticker over the triplus sticker. Oh also where are you buying the weld through primer? I cant find any, maybe not looking hard enough. Im waiting to finishing mine after buying a bottle so I dont loose the rest of my hair on the flux core.

thanks Dan,
I bought the floor pans from Kenny's trucks but they are the same as LMC. It is pretty thin like .035" thick I think? (not correct to the oem) Mine didn't have the brake at the front either. If you are doing a short repair like I did on the driver side it's not too bad. But because the panel shape is off it pulled when I got it where it need to be at the seam. In hindsite, I should have left the gap at the front seam and made the floor match. I had no less than 15 hours in just the front pan and kick panel (another POS!).

The UPOL weld through primer I ordered online. HERE is where I got mine from. It was 2 years ago though. You may be able to find it somewhere else cheaper? I haven't seen it locally, but maybe one of OKC car paint stores carry it?

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Looks great Mike... I am glad you are almost done with the floor.. I feel your pain on the parts and how they fit... I look forward to seeing how you attack the rest of the rust...

Have a great day..

Thanks Mark, I know you know how frustrating the rust repair is. I saw your build! I am back on the rust attack tonight.

Originally Posted by 68 Four on the Floor

Looks good Mike. I need a spot welded like that.

Thanks Drew, You are welcome to use mine any time. The passenger side didn't spot weld as good as the driver. I'm not sure if I waited too long after the weld through primer was added or what? I ended up drilling and mig welding half of it. When I "tweaked" the rocker it broke several of the spot welds. Ideally, I think bare metal to metal works the best for spot welds but I was worried about rust starting right away so I coated both with the Upol.