Well my wife tried her hardest to hide my birthday present from me... She bought a new set of floor pans for my truck from Carolina Classics. I guess the little beam of light she saw peeking at her in the corner was enough to cause alarm. So now I have to clean out the cab and figure out how much to cut from the floor. Anyone played with these yet? I know it is pretty straight forward but little tips here and there before you begin certainly doesn't hurt.
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Mark J. Covill
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'64 F-100 Shortbed 460/C-6
Author of the disc brake article for 57-64 F-100's
Intend to replace floor pans in 64 passenger car, when time permits, Oh Yea. Don't have experience but as you noted, seems straight forware. Bookmarked couple articles from Truck and Auto mags may help with pointers. This issue of CarCraft covers restoration and welding may want to browse while wife is doing the shopping or may be in the tech section on their webpage.
Morning Dave. I am searching google right now for any and all articles covering floor pan replacement. The one thing they all point out is the basic cutting rule. Measure twice cut once. In my case it will most likely be measure 10 times, pick up the high speed cutting tool, doubt myself and measure again. I have cut out a small section of the floor already to see the extent of the rust through. 14 gage steel gets pretty thin in only a matter of a short while. I had an issue with a leaking heater core a number of years ago but I thought I caught it in time. Amazing how fast rust eats up metal even after you treat it. The scariest part was pulling a few pounds of dirt out of the front cab supports. They don't seem like they are more then surface rust but I will see for sure once I take the sections of the floor out and sand down the surfaces of everything I need to treat before I put it back together. Here is another article I found a few minutes ago.
Think this project warrents pictures and things I learn along the way for the slicks?
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Mark J. Covill
"I'm not handicapped, I'm handicapable!"
'64 F-100 Shortbed 460/C-6
Author of the disc brake article for 57-64 F-100's
Hopefully your rust is not as bad as mine. It wasn't as straight forward as I had hoped.
I still have to do the passenger side and there are a lot of other places that need attention.
That is awesome. Thanks for the link to check out your photos. Now I can atleast feel a little better knowing that not all of this is impossible.
On a different note, the ratrod truck you have in your forum pic's is awesome. The split window chopped and channeled look is just so insanely right.
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Mark J. Covill
"I'm not handicapped, I'm handicapable!"
'64 F-100 Shortbed 460/C-6
Author of the disc brake article for 57-64 F-100's
Wow, charliemccraney, talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, what an outstanding job, obviously have some welding experience. Mark, thanks for the other resource.
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I spent a good part of my day reading that manual. I need to use it for support equipment lists to repair UAV. Not that I am would make a .pdf copy to take home. I know 90% of it I will never need but to have it when I do is priceless.
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Mark J. Covill
"I'm not handicapped, I'm handicapable!"
'64 F-100 Shortbed 460/C-6
Author of the disc brake article for 57-64 F-100's
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She bought a new set of floor pans for my truck from Carolina Classics. I guess the little beam of light she saw peeking at her in the corner was enough to cause alarm. So now I have to clean out the cab and figure out how much to cut from the floor. Anyone played with these yet? I know it is pretty straight forward but little tips here and there before you begin certainly doesn't hurt.
