I need either a driver's side front floor pan (preferably) or, a full floor pan so I can cut out the section I need. This is for my 2003 Ford Ranger 4 door. Don't think it matters, but it's a 4.0L V6, Edge 4x4. I'm in desperate need as I have a hole the size of a cantaloupe or bigger right in the center of the floor and it's growing fast. I'd just dump the truck and get something else but (for a long list of reasons and some bad luck lately) I owe too much on it and can't buy anything else and still have that loan.
I've search the interwebs far and wide and haven't come up with anything. I'm also not a guy who buys many car parts so I don't know really where to look. ANY advice or help is super highly appreciated. I'm about to offer a finder's fee I'm getting that desperate. My body shop guy says it has to be new to be any where near reliable and the websites I've checked out called don't even show an option for that part.
Thank you very much to anyone who can help!!!!!

 

You might try car dash part dot com. I have not looked for body parts, but certainly there are multiple floorpans that will fit from cars that were from the SW or SE that have not been salted.
If you can't find that, you should be able to use sheet metal and a welder to make patches, though I think it might be hours in making the bump if it goes over the transmission. It does NOT have to be factory to be functional.
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To find what you need might require driving south into IN. Back when dirt was new and I was young, there was a wrecking yard called Wrecks, Inc located NW of Indianapolis that had acres of vehicles. There should be some of your vintage that could be cannibalized. Call, ask if they can cut out the whole pan, or a specified portion, and ship via bus to you up in the salty area.
tom

 

My body guy says it has to be a new floor pan. He won't put a used one on...

 

Well, you say there are none to be found(new), so either find a new body guy, or sell it.

Personally, I would check in Indy or more south, and ask for pictures from a boneyard.

I, me alone, think good sheet metal can be found that only has paint and slight imperfections where stones have damaged the paint & under coating.

To 'get through the winter' if you need it over winter, I'd get some sheet metal and a pop-rivet gun, some RTV sealant, and put a patch on that would work until spring, or whenever it was convenient to take a road trip and find a good one personally. IF you really want to keep the truck. You don't need to make it perfect, and you can use a wire wheel in a drill, or a wire brush to remove scale and rust, and spray or brush on some 'orange primer' that will slow down the corrosion, then plop on the patch.
If you are not restoring the truck, doing a restoration, then patches should handle the short term, with the note that they are not perfect, and a longer-term solution may be required.
I had my first car with rusted floorpan because water got under the floor mat, and soaked in the 'jute'? padding. There were perforations, pin-holes and larger which insured there would be MORE water added to the padding. I used a wire wheel in a drill, and a wire brush, and then wiped it with a wet rag to get close to bare metal. I got some sheet metal, and 'bedded' it in something, maybe sheet metal screws, and sealed it up. The orange paint must have slowed it down enough, and the patch kept out enough water that is lasted ten more years, passing to my sister and a brother over time.
Corrosion doesn't ever sleep, so all you can do, really, is slow it down.
What is the goal?
tom

 

Tom, I certainly appreciate the advice. With the ridiculous amount I owe on it, and needing itt for business, the goal is to keep it. Especially seeing as I've already put about $3000 into it over the past two years in miscellaneous stuff including all new brakes.

I'm a realtor and need a good 4wd, that still gets decent mileage, and at what I can afford, that's hard to find around here. Unfortunately, I bought a truck, unknowingly, that was not, at all, ever taken care of and have had a ton of unforeseen problems.

I just can't believe, with all of the parts made around the world, that no one makes a floor pan for 14 year old Ranger. It's crazy to me... You can buy parts for 40 year old trucks, but not a very popular 14 yo one. Insane.

LORD GRANT ME SERENITY!!!!!! Or at least a bloody FLOOR PAN!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I've seen floor pans for first-gen Rangers. I know someone offers them for an 03. LMC is a good place to look. Also believe it or not, but Bronco Graveyard carries a good selection of Ranger parts. Find a body man who will install used parts and look in salvage yards. Or have someone weld in a couple of patch panels, then slather the whole thing with sealant before putting 'er back on the road again. eBay is a good place to start shopping for the used stuff. Good luck with it!