Replacing Whole Car Floor

So whether you are restoring an old hot rod or trying to get another year of service out of an old car fixing the hole in the floorboard can be done.

Replacing whole car floor.

Save as much good original metal on the car as you can. Install full floor panels. If you ve decided to replace the whole floor you ll be drilling out a lot about 50 spot welds. The parts supply and quantities used in liste.

Place your tacks on both the interior and exterior sides of the floor pan. Tack the floor pan into place with a series of spot welds place eight to 12 inches apart around the perimeter of the floor pan. In some states a vehicle will not pass inspection if it has a hole in the floor and having this repaired by your local auto mechanic can cost you hundreds of dollars. We set out to show the different ways you can fix a floor using this 1960 pontiac catalina where severe rust and rot had damaged its floorpans and trunk floor.

Once you ve decided on full or partial panels the floor can be removed accordingly. The common repair method is to trim the old and new create a stepped flange around the perimeter of the replacement panel and install it with a lap weld because butt welding is difficult. Weld spatter travels far and will bury itself into the surface of any glass it hits you can get it off with an acrylic scraper but the glass will be permanently pitted. On todays video we go through the steps to restore the floor boards on your classic car 4x4 or daily driver.