Floor pans came in .?s for the body men.

[bpman1234]

I got the Whole driver side .and the front passenger 1/4 peace .i know i have to take out spot welds to do it right and fined them by cleaning the metal up to see where they are my question is that lip in the front .how do i deal with it as far as takeing it out ..? Thanks in advance.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

If the metal above the pinch weld is ok, you can cut out the lower piece, then that gives access to the spot weld on the pinch flange.
Use a hi quality spot weld cutter. I drill the center of the weld w/ a 1/8" drill. This gives a locator hole for the guide pin on the cutter.
You can also grind the welds real thin, then split it open w/ a weld cutter tool. Once you have the old metal off, you can grind the scabs off. The 1/8" guide hole will fill back in when you spot weld.
I use a 3/16" sheetmetal punch to put the weld holes in the new pan.
Locate the pans, use self drilling, small screws to hold in place, several vicegrips to pull the seams tite.

If you want more info, give me a shout..
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[Toby_Goodmk]

I did a patch job on my GN and skimped to get the car up and running again. I think I am going to take the time and put a complete new pan in, they fit so nicely in my 442 that I did.

 

[bpman1234]

thanks for the replies.chuck will call thanks again.

 

[bpman1234]

So i started to take my brackets of and yes i had to drill the small pilot hole for the cutter to do its thing cause i tride it without the pilot holes and it would walk on me .and i went through on one hole .thankd for the tip chuck .i will keep posting as i go .