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Posted by: spare time toys Jan 22 2005, 01:13 PM
While crawling under the Banana to get some stuff I dropped I took a good look around. I dont know how I never saw the 2 1/2 foot by 3 1/2 foot chunk of 16 ga pop riveted in as a floor on the Pass side. I think it may just be a parts car after all 
Posted by: skline Jan 22 2005, 01:16 PM
Its still worth saving. Floors are easy to repair. You give up too easy. Invest in a welder and put a new floor in. While you are in there, put in one on both sides to match and weld in some reinforcments.
Posted by: GWN7 Jan 22 2005, 01:22 PM
http://www.restoration-design.com/ here. $115 for the front and same for the rear.
Posted by: spare time toys Jan 22 2005, 01:34 PM
| QUOTE (skline @ Jan 22 2005, 02:16 PM) |
| Its still worth saving. Floors are easy to repair. You give up too easy. Invest in a welder and put a new floor in. While you are in there, put in one on both sides to match and weld in some reinforcments. |
Hey now I aint given up yet. Just checking all options on this. I need to learn to slow down and do that or Ill end up with a 928 and ......OH YEA see what Im saying.
Posted by: spare time toys Jan 22 2005, 02:03 PM
here is the drivers side
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Posted by: spare time toys Jan 22 2005, 02:04 PM
And THIS is the pass. side it could have been an atempt at a belly pan tp aid airodynamics 
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Posted by: ws91420 Jan 22 2005, 02:08 PM
The PO on mine had a solid sheet welded on the bottom of mine. I'm afraid to even think what would happen if I removed that fix 
Posted by: jd74914 Jan 22 2005, 02:41 PM
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| And THIS is the pass. side it could have been an atempt at a belly pan tp aid airodynamics wacko.gif |
no its definately a skid plate
Posted by: jwalters Jan 22 2005, 02:44 PM
Well, to be a brutally honest kind of guy--I just glassed in the drivers seat floor--I just do not have the time or $$$ to replace it....at least I know what is there and now it is stronger for my fat ass... 
Posted by: jd74914 Jan 22 2005, 03:05 PM
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| Well, to be a brutally honest kind of guy--I just glassed in the drivers seat floor--I just do not have the time or $$$ to replace it....at least I know what is there and now it is stronger for my fat ass... lol2.gif |
You better hide, you're a disgrace to the 914 community. Fiberglass
J/K
Posted by: 9146986 Jan 22 2005, 03:12 PM
I just ordered another set of the left and right pan sets. I've used both. I like Restoration Design stuff alot, but the L & R pans are better and already have the seat mounts attached. PM me for more info. I'll try and get some pics today for you.
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 22 2005, 03:16 PM
| QUOTE (jwalters @ Jan 22 2005, 12:44 PM) |
| I just do not have the time or $$$ to replace it.... |
with access to the right tools, it's a 30 minute job to do it right.
if you don't want to fork out the $$$ for a new floor from RD, get a used one from the junk yard or a fellow club member.
if that is still too expensive for you, get a sheet of metal, cut out the rust, and weld that in instead.
it will still be much better than a fiberglass-patch.
your teener should be worth the time & money to you. i know mine is.
Andy
Posted by: 9146986 Jan 22 2005, 04:09 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jan 22 2005, 01:16 PM) |
| with access to the right tools, it's a 30 minute job to do it right |
...and your girlfriend Jenna Jamison helps
You couldn't even get them cut out in 30 minutes, let alone welded back in. In just one floorpan half there's gotta be over 150 spotwelds.
C'mon Andy, you are going to have to layoff the
a little
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 22 2005, 04:18 PM
| QUOTE (9146986 @ Jan 22 2005, 02:09 PM) |
| C'mon Andy, you are going to have to layoff the a little |
i quit smoking (cigarettes) when i was 14. never smoked a single joint in my life ...
but besides that, i was talking about the actual metal work. that excludes taking the seats and carpet out and stuff like that.
yes, if you drill out spot-welds, it'll take longer, if you just cut around the edges and overlap (or butt-weld) the whole thing doesn't take much time at all.
plus, i bet he didn't do his FG patch in less than an hour either ...
Andy
Posted by: RD Evans Jan 22 2005, 04:45 PM
Hey Perry, I'm planning this repair this spring. How about posting some pictures of how the "pros" do it?
Posted by: jwalters Jan 22 2005, 06:04 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jan 22 2005, 05:18 PM) | ||
i quit smoking (cigarettes) when i was 14. never smoked a single joint in my life ... but besides that, i was talking about the actual metal work. that excludes taking the seats and carpet out and stuff like that. yes, if you drill out spot-welds, it'll take longer, if you just cut around the edges and overlap (or butt-weld) the whole thing doesn't take much time at all. plus, i bet he didn't do his FG patch in less than an hour either ... Andy |
actually is took 18 min from start to finish......fiberglass is too easy to manipulate--and comes in soo many styles that one trilayer on each side of the pan is all you need--mixed the resin in 30 sec--then applied--then went to go get a beer and let it cure--then I was done And what is this about taking the time to do it right??
Man, this is MY party and I can cry if I want to-- Time--yea thats a good one--time...
I sure don't got enough of that You all do know that a # of fiberglass is stronger than a # of steel???
JD--are those flares on your car??? Can't tell--
Posted by: DJsRepS Jan 23 2005, 08:06 AM
Boy I sure could use some of SirAndys point of view on rust repair. My car would be alot further along! Ive got bottom tunnel repairs and passenger side floor and near the cluster pedals and pas side windshield post and some around the head lights and front trunk seal. Ive done both sides of motor bay and all 100% under the drivers seat inc the cross brace. I had to work in a friends open carport. And I had to gas torch all of it. I felt lucky not to have burned the car up doing all that welding near the Tunnel. I used steel rod on stress areas and ran brass all the way around..... anyway my point to all this is I am not looking foward to all the rest so it is hard to get in the mood to do it. Sure would help to have a nice shop equiped with nice tools.
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Posted by: jwalters Jan 23 2005, 09:11 AM
hear ya man--I got most tools needed, but no shop--doing everything in my front yard--when I can--I work 70-90 hours a week and it is all I can do to make one small accomplishment--and it is getting very daunting---a couple of times already I had to talk myself into not crushing the thing---chugg-chuggin away...........
Too bad you are so far from myself--I could use another teener dude around to wrench and talk shop and drink beer....there are a couple of teener guys down here, and I put out invites--but no takers...strange.... 
Posted by: iiibdsiil Jan 23 2005, 10:20 AM
I forgot about ya when I came down for x-mas break from Tampa... Sorry. It was the day before I was going to leave, and I went "oh shit!"
But we can get together sometime. And if you wanna drive up to Boynton Beach, I have a warehouse you can use. And, if you need to leave the car there you can. 12,000 sq feet! Not all of it is mine, my mom's fiance owns it, but I have a pretty good chunk that we have allocated as mine. Definitely enough room for another car. I have lotsa hand tools too, just not much fabricating equipment.
Posted by: jwalters Jan 23 2005, 11:19 AM
| QUOTE (iiibdsiil @ Jan 23 2005, 11:20 AM) |
| I forgot about ya when I came down for x-mas break from Tampa... Sorry. It was the day before I was going to leave, and I went "oh shit!" But we can get together sometime. And if you wanna drive up to Boynton Beach, I have a warehouse you can use. And, if you need to leave the car there you can. 12,000 sq feet! Not all of it is mine, my mom's fiance owns it, but I have a pretty good chunk that we have allocated as mine. Definitely enough room for another car. I have lotsa hand tools too, just not much fabricating equipment. |
You know dude, that sounds like a great place to get all the SoFl teeners together and park our cars in a circle around us and drink beer and party 
Can we light a fire inside???? 
hehe--that could be the new SoFl clubhouse--a place to mingle and something for everyone!!!! 
hehe J/K-- Soounds like a plan one day=I should have my car back together in about 1.5 months from now---spring time!!!!!
Posted by: jwalters Jan 23 2005, 11:22 AM
oooops! I just realized I totally hijacked this thread---sorry toys....got carried away. hijack over J
Posted by: iiibdsiil Jan 23 2005, 08:35 PM
That actually sounds like a good idea with having all the SFL 914's together.
We will get together sometime.
Posted by: DJsRepS Jan 24 2005, 05:48 AM
I live in Sarasota how far away is Boynton Beach?
Posted by: iiibdsiil Jan 24 2005, 08:42 AM
It is just south of West Palm. I can do Tampa to Boca Raton, which is just north of Fort Lauderdale lie 15 min, in 3 hours flat. Hold on, which coast is Sarasota on?
Posted by: DJsRepS Jan 25 2005, 09:17 PM
Were on the east coast inbetween Ft Myres and Tampa
Posted by: iiibdsiil Jan 25 2005, 09:25 PM
Ah okay. So, for a time reference, it is 3 hours for me driving, which many consider ummm... Asshole. I cruise at 90-95 when possible.
But Boynton is just south of West Palm Beach, and probably 35 minutes or so regular people driving from Fort Lauderdale.
When I moved my tool box from BB to Tampa, it took me a little under 4 hours, I took Alligator alley and 75 north or whatever that route is. I remember traffic not being super great though because of the hurricanes.
Too far for ya? Don't be a wussy. If we get something together, I will pick ya up and bring you back with me, I even have a spare bed at moms house down in Boca Raton.
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