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 Posted: 05-17-2005 11:53 am
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Mitch Ware



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 Absolutely, Brett is right, get the floors and learn to weld. Bear in mind, the floors will not just drop right in, you will have to trim and fit, trim and fit, etc. to get them in.

To remove the old floors, use a grinder or something similar to get rid of the undercoating and locate the spot welds that will be all around the edges as well as on either side of the longitudinal floor beam. Drill out all of the spot welds. These holes will give you an excellent place to weld the floor back in (at least on the floor beam, working from the bottom. Along the edges of the floor inside the car, drill holes in the new floor pans to weld through.  The tighter you can have the two materials you are welding against each other, the better your welds will be and the less chance you will have of burning through either piece of material.

Mitch Ware

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