Any pics of upper floor repair where it meets the rear ribbed floor.

[sellitall]

Has anyone patched the upper floor panel where it meets the rear floor (ribbed section)? Mine is pretty rough, but the rest of the upper floor is ok. I'd rather cut out the rotted section patch it using a piece of 16 gauge, fully weld it in and grind it flush with the existing metal. It would save me time and money. I can get pics if anyone needs them for reference.

 

[ugly74]

post pics, we love that stuff.

small spots can be patched pretty easily. I made 6 of 'em for my floors a few years ago. as long as you remove all the rot, and then get your patch all sealed up, it'll be fine. (I'm gonna take my own advice, take pics tonight, and post 'em tomorrow)

 

[SC74]

Here is what I did on mine. It was not completely rusted out so I cleaned the original, primed it, and patched over it. After doing this the body was much more rigid than before.

 

[sellitall]

Thanks for the pics. Here's a shot of my newly acquired beauty. Oh how I love rust!!! One good thing is that besides the radio and wheels the truck is 100% stock/original.

 

[ugly74]

whoops I forgot that i said I was gonna take some and post 'em.
I do have 1 pic in my gallery where I patched the front floors. but, mine were not as bad as what you've got.
with those, I think a full panel replacement would be the best way to go.

 

[sellitall]

I am dfinitely going to do the front floors. That pretty much goes without saying, but I was talking about the upper floor where it meets the rear floor. That's the only spot that's bad on the upper floor.

 

[ugly74]

well it depends on how "original" you want it to come out.
aesthetics aren't really my cup of tea...so I'd cut out all of the rust, measure the opening, and cut a piece of steel to weld over it. seal it with seam sealer on both sides, topcoat it, and call it done.

 

[66ALRIDE]

I just drilled out the welds and placed my front floor underneath the rear floor and welded it back.

 

[sellitall]

well it depends on how "original" you want it to come out.
aesthetics aren't really my cup of tea...so I'd cut out all of the rust, measure the opening, and cut a piece of steel to weld over it. seal it with seam sealer on both sides, topcoat it, and call it done.

I'm not trying to toot my own horn here, but I've been down this road before too many times to count. I'm just looking for some pics of someone who's done that repair. Here's my build thread. http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84003

 

[Wyflyer]

I"m a little confused about this.
Do you want pictures of one that is already done, or do you want pictures of one being rebuilt, or do you have pictures of one you did?
Are you doing this or have you already done it?
I really don't get it.

 

[Fishbone]

I think he's lookin' for pics of a finished (or in progress) repair of the area circled in the picture below.

 

[Fishbone]

I didn't need to repair the exact same area you need to do, but this one was close.

 

[sellitall]

I"m a little confused about this.
Do you want pictures of one that is already done, or do you want pictures of one being rebuilt, or do you have pictures of one you did?
Are you doing this or have you already done it?
I really don't get it.

Looks pretty straight forward to me. I bought a truck that needs that particular section replaced. I was wondering if anyone had any pics of the during and after. My 77 I 'm redoing had a decent upper floor, so replacement wasn't necessary. I'm looking for how many spotwelds and what's underneath I need to worry about. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Wyflyer]

What confused me was when you said "but I've been down this road before too many times to count", and then posted a link. It made me think you were asking for photos but had also already done this many times before, so I was asking myself why go to the trouble to go get a pic if you've already done this too many times to count?
Hehehe,, i'm less confused but I can get a pic for you. There is an angled brace underneath the corner metal for the seat belt bolt to go to.
I did not repair mine, but rather installed new floor pan to new rear floor pan. the only old part used was the cross member system.
I'll get some pics later and edit them into this

 

[hopp150]

What are you guy's using to cut your floors? I know some swear up and down by the plasma cutters and others swear that angle grinders are the way to go.

 

[Fishbone]

What are you guy's using to cut your floors? I know some swear up and down by the plasma cutters and others swear that angle grinders are the way to go.

We have a plasma cutter that I use quite a bit for cutting patches etc., but for cutting out damaged areas, I prefer a grinder with a cutting disc or a regular cut off wheel.

If I have good access I sometimes use an air nibbler. The little wedges it discharges can be messy, but it makes a nice clean, quick cut.

 

[Explorer]

Panel cutter bit on air chisel works great. I just cut around the supports then chisel between the spot welds and grind down whats left. Those new Dremel cutting wheels do great on small stuff and love my little air sabersaw.

 

[broncbuster]

Wow that orange tub is worse than one of mine and I had pretty much decided to scrap the tub and just find a tub to put on. Maybe I'll just fix mine.