Pinto Car Club of America
Shiny is Good! => Your Project => Topic started by: Jippah on February 24, 2011, 05:12:40 AM
so the other day i removed all of Shelly's interior including the carpet and saw the state of the floor pans and boy, it's a miracle no one has fallen through the passenger side yet *_*
but i bought some 18 gauge sheet metal and started an adventure :P
i made a template from a piece of cardboard then kinda went from there...
here are some pics of my little afternoon project :)
1st, the rusted state it was in;
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/j1pp4h/2011-02-23_16-08-40_826.jpg)
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/j1pp4h/2011-02-23_16-08-53_546.jpg)
heres the finished sheet metal i cut out and bent;
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/j1pp4h/2011-02-23_16-09-08_561.jpg)
heres the piece in the car for a test fit;
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/j1pp4h/2011-02-23_16-09-39_22.jpg)
and after a bit more tweaking, i decided to clean off the outer rim of the original pan with a wire brush and lined it with QuickSteel (I'm no welder)
then i installed a sheet of dynamat over it
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/j1pp4h/29.jpg)
i sat inside and pounded around a few times with my feet and such and it seems very solid.
what are your thoughts my fellow esteemed Pinto fanatics?