The floor in my 79 has quite a few holes so me and my father were thinkin of replacing the floor panels and making new panels for the panels you cant buy and whatnot but then we thought why not rip out the whole floor, get the mold, and make a totally new floor out of fiberglass. It will be extremely strong and never rot again. Anyone do this or have opinions/thoughts on it? Good idea? bad idea? Gimmy some thoughts lol i personally think it would be a good idea, then just coat it with black paint and put a polyvinyl molded floor mat over it

 

How much of the floor? Seat and seatbelts?

 

The whole floor Exept maybe up towards the cab mounts, but probably that to

 

i haven't thought of it but did see this awhile back and bookmarked it.
Fiberglass Reproduction Body Panels

 

How would you install it would you screw it or glass it in.

 

Its going to be glassed in. I was thinking of welding angle iron all around the edge of the cab to give it something to bond to at the edges and also I will be putting in new cross members as they are rusted out in some spots now

 

Personally I don't like the sound of mating fiberglass to steel, but thats just me, it may work out just fine. If it were me, I would have the floor panels cut out and replaced with steel ones and put a good primer and paint job on it. Good luck in whatever you decide.

 

never heard of anybody doing that before maybe ask a body shop an see what they say bout it to see if you might be missing something.

 

I agree with bamaf150 cut out old floor an weld new steel ones then use good primer and paint or bed liner or find a rust free cab

 

Does anywhere sell the metal for the floor right under the rear window? The window has been leaking and theres a large hole rusted through the floor almost all the way across the back, behind the seat.

 

I think you would have to fabricate that. If your cab is in that bad of shape, you may want to consider another one. I dont know where you are but I was at a junkyard yesterday that had 5-6 '73-'79 cabs and at least 2 of them were in good shape, could be had there cheap too. Search the classifieds here on fte, there were several for sale, you will be $ and aggravation ahead it sounds like.

 

my cab was patched and rusted badly so i went an found a cab at a u pull it yard price was$175 but they were having a 50% off sale i paid $88 an spent a half a day pulling it. when it came time to swap cabs i found out that my old cab was held to the frame by one of the back cab mounts the rest had rusted away. finding another cab was the best solution for me. just make sure you look where rust could be there plenty of doner trucks out there

 

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Like Matty, my 79 F250 has some rust spots about 6 inches by 10 inches.
I plan to cut out all the rust and thin metal, sand surface rust and then prime with some Rust Converter from Mar-Hyde. Then I plan to Herculine the interior of the truck (I've taken everything out, taped over seat belt holes, etc...). Afterwards I figure on patching the holes with some diamond plate sheet metal. Of course I would use the Mar-Hyde on the underside of the cab where rust was present. I want to make my baby bombproof, not cherry.

Sound crazy or okay? Again, working on a medium budget.

-psyverson
New Orleans, LA

 

...or would fiberglass patches work better, cheaper, more simple?

-psyverson
New Orleans, LA