Beat the floors flat again, ..anyone had to ? Options

[Literati914]

About to start my "quick resto" and am noticing now that carpets and noise tar are out, that the floors have some high areas (from running over stuff!). I swung a carpenter's hammer at it a few swings and the floors just laughed. I've got a 3lb hammer around somewhere that I'll try next..but getting a little dolly under it doesnt seem too helpful. Anyone got a better method?



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[tygaboy]

I had the same thing in a few spots. If the spots are "well enough supported", like near the edge of where the floor meets the long like a couple of mine were, I ended up using a small sledge hammer to get them back to where they needed to be.
I also had a hump in the center of the floor. As crazy as it may sound, I ended up using a floor jack inside the car and was able to brace it against strong enough structure that I was able to force the floor back onto position.
You could use a floor jack or two under the car to support the low sections and hammer the high sections back into place.
Again, it may sound crazy but it worked for me.

[Literati914]

Thanks for the suggestions Tygaboy, I will keep that in mind and give it a try.

[Retroracer]

Yes the 914 floors act like a polaroid for all abusive behavior to the car....!

I found a 9lb hammer used gently & sparingly helped a lot to get minor dents adjusted. Go slow and check with a straight edge often.

- Tony

[Literati914]

Yes the 914 floors act like a polaroid for all abusive behavior to the car....!

I found a 9lb hammer used gently & sparingly helped a lot to get minor dents adjusted. Go slow and check with a straight edge often.

- Tony

Got it Tony, thanks. This is PO damage BTW, same as, but slightly worse than what was done by the PO of my /6 conversion, years back. I was always a bit annoyed with the floors on that car - just knowing that they were uneven kinda bothered me the whole time. So, I'd like to correct these before putting it on the road.

[lierofox]

Yes the 914 floors act like a polaroid for all abusive behavior to the car....!

I found a 9lb hammer used gently & sparingly helped a lot to get minor dents adjusted. Go slow and check with a straight edge often.

- Tony

Got it Tony, thanks. This is PO damage BTW, same as, but slightly worse than what was done by the PO of my /6 conversion, years back. I was always a bit annoyed with the floors on that car - just knowing that they were uneven kinda bothered me the whole time. So, I'd like to correct these before putting it on the road.

Trying to bend unsupported steel is surprisingly difficult, it just rebounds on you and it's like you're hitting it with a feather.

You gotta support the immediate area around where you're trying to bend down from the other side.

[Literati914]

Yea was what I've been thinking...but an average body dolly would be on the small side, I'd think. I'd think I'd need something like a steel I-beam fastened to the underside - to actually get the effect.

[porschetub]

Use a "dead blow' hammer ,I have a plastic one with lead shot in it ,works in situations like this, no hammer marks/chipped paint or stretching.