metal floor in '49 3100 pickup bed

[dangould]

I have decided it would be better not to have a wood floor in the '49 Chevy 3100 I am converting. I want to weld in a metal floor in its place.

Does anyone have any advice or information about how to do this? I was talking with someone here in Colorado who thought we would have to put in wood UNDER the metal floor to take up the space that the wood planking would have taken up. Does that square with the experience of anyone else,on this board?

Any insight would be appreciated.

[robin58]

If you're still going to use the original style crossmembers under the newly welded in floor, I'd just increase the size of the wooden mounting blocks to compensate for the thickness of the boards.

[pugs]

i had done this on 2 other trucks i had1st one was a 47 international rod i was working on, now i did use an s10 chassis, i also got the bed fron it and cut the sides down and trimmed the floor down tothe length and width i needed, bolted the floor down then set aside up against it tothe desired height marked and thats where i put angle and mounted it up, with the s-10 floor i even had alittle 4" mini tub. I also did this with an 81 stepper. inned todouble ck with the local metal supplier i deal i think he told me awhile back he could get the corrigated sheets