Started Repairing Floor Pans + Some

[Zebb]

JRanger you should really take the time to get those body mount nuts out. Then when your buddy welds everything together he can weld something new in there. If you every have to change that body mount you will have to cut your new floor up and work down in a the hole that you made. As hard as it seems now it will be worth it down the road.
Also don't forget to put the support plate back on top of the supports. It holds the supports together instead of just relying on your new floor pan to do it. You can make one easy.
Here are the steps I used.
All blasted up


Painted with rust-shield


New plate made ready to spot weld in


Then a floor patch cut to fit the hole in the floor

[Dan1969]

The more you do the more you're going to keep finding... I need all the same thing you need. Floor pan, cab corners, rocker (in and out) cab support, floor support... the list never ends...

[JRANGER]

The last 2 weekends ive been working my butt off on these rockers...

Today I finished the passenger side rocker and fitting the floor pan as well...I have to wait on a new floor panel for the dirver side as i cut a way a little too much but other then that im almost ready for welding....So hopefully in the next couple weeks that will be done

[JRANGER]

Driver Side is ready to be welded. FIxed all the little holes today, made sure everything was fitted right, and covered bare metal with Weld-Thru Primer

[Stepper86]

looking good it´s coming together, but is that a hole in your rightside cab corner?

[JRANGER]

If your referring to the top pic Yes...but in the 2nd pic you see only a black line where I put a piece in there...BUt is your referring to the black spot in the lower right of the second pic its just missing the door rubber right there

[JRANGER]

Got the passenger side setup today, added some WD40 to the springs on the hood, and installed after market lights today

[owner 84]

nice car

I love this kind!!!

would you mind displaying some pics for the whole car???

[MalibuSSwagon]

I am so glad that my northeast truck has somehow survived with minor cab corner rust thru. It still has some of the original frame paint on it!

[babyJay]

Originally Posted by slider

wondering if it would be worth bringing a cali truck back east to sell, I feel for you all trying to fix rust like that.

I didn't see any squarebodys when I was in Oceanside last July. I guess they're around and I just didn't notice any.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by owner 84

nice car

I love this kind!!!

would you mind displaying some pics for the whole car???

Here ya go..Took these this morning after driving her into work

[stepside-mitch]

Can i ask where you got your drivers side pan from?

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by stepside-mitch

Can i ask where you got your drivers side pan from?

If your talking about the floor panel I ordered it directly from Tabco for $50 shipped...You can also order them from JCwhitley but sometimes they are out of stock.... They are awesome panels!

[GuZ]

Im glad you have lots of pics of your floorpan repair..........gotta do that next



good work!

[JRANGER]

haha, yeah it would of been easier if it wasn't for the rocker panels too...Im not exactly doing a great job but for a first time not bad. Im actually taking the truck to have it all welded in this weekend..Just be careful when cutting beyond the cab frame on the drivers side...I caught the speedo cable a little and ripped some of the rubber off...They are easy to replace but better if you didn't have to lol

[JRANGER]

w00t! My buddy said $100 for the welding max!! And if i help discount

[JRANGER]

Welding is done!! Now I just got to clean it up, throw some rostoleum on it, and seal it underneath, undercoat, and prob throw bed liner on top of that

[JRANGER]

Cleaned up the welds on the rockers and stripped the pans down and painted with Krylon Rust Tough, ran seam sealer along the sides, and underneath the truck. Then sprayed some 3m rubberized undercoating as well

[glimmertwin01]

wow thats ambitious, I didnt think Southern Trucks rotted like ours do up here... I try to look for southwestern or western trucks... RUST REPAIR SUCKS but yours was cake compared to some i had to do on the K5 check out the link
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...amin+greenjust a suugestion (unless its done already) I would look into replacing the inner rocker its basically afloor extension / drop like the dog leg in a GM car off the trucnk floor pan and connects to the rocker... again see the build for my 74 K5
To me if im taking out that much metal I try to replace as much as I can...
lits looking good man...keep it up... nice to see another early (70's) BOX saved from the crusher

[glimmertwin01]

we will take all the western sheet metal u want to donate to us poor fools back east.. load em up well send you back with plastic parts and motors.... that stuff outlasts the metal up here...

[JRANGER]

haha, I hear ya and Well the floor panel I order had part of the inner rockers on it and I also had pieces I put in the back side...Its not perfect and not all welded along the inside of the rockers but its in place for now...

[JRANGER]

thanks and Ill be looking at your thread soon!! This is fun!

[UPNADM]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Got the passenger side setup today, added some WD40 to the springs on the hood, and installed after market lights today

Tell me about your headlights, they look interesting... Perhaps something I need for the C50.

[JRANGER]

I bought H4 Conversions off of Amazon....I had to adjust the headlight brackets and its recommended you update the harness to a relay harness for better brightness...They also have Halos in them but I dont have them attached!

Here is a thread with a few pics
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=502406

[tc4x4]

Nothing like getting rid of that dreaded rust....looking good nice progress.