Floor board installation

[V75bronco]

Like in most ford bronco, the front floor boards have a tendency to always rust out. We've finally found time to replace them and we have new floor pans being molded, I know that their is two ethos on putting the new floor boards in whether you weld or glue in the new floor board. which is the best ways to install these new floor boards.

 

[Torkman66]

Weld them. They are part of the support that connects the back half to the front half of the Bronco (mainly the rockers do this but the floors are also part of it). If you go topless it is even more important to have very solid floor and rocker structure. What do you mean "being molded"?

 

[EPB72]

Weld them. They are part of the support that connects the back half to the front half of the Bronco (mainly the rockers do this but the floors are also part of it). If you go topless it is even more important to have very solid floor and rocker structure. What do you mean "being molded"?

Yeah I was wondering about that BEING MOULDED statement as well,, also you may find rust in adjacent panels supports that may dictate direction of repair ,, weld them in would be my choice as well...

 

[V75bronco]

What do you mean "being molded"?

That was just a typo, It was actually supposed to say made.

 

[DirtDonk]

I didn’t have a working welder at the time, so when I did, the floor pans in my 71 I “glued and screwed“ them. Not really screwed though, since I used pop rivets.
Cut the old floor out with enough clean, rust free lip remaining, was able to retain all the original floor supports.
Used the silicone sealer, which does double duty as a sealer and a glue, drilled and riveted everything in place.
Plenty of topless miles. And most of these years now with only a soft top anyway.
Tight as a drum for more than 15 years as a daily driver and still tight and rust free going on 30.

 

[jonesallu]

I didn’t have a working welder at the time, so when I did, the floor pans in my 71 by “glued and screwed“ them. Not really screwed though, since I used pop rivets.

My Dad used this to his same method to his Bronco around 1990, but he used aluminum. By golly, it's held up pretty damn good. It's getting a little loose where the aluminum has stretched around the holes, but I'm impressed. Not bad for 30+ years.

 

[sprdv1]

My Dad used this to his same method to his Bronco around 1990, but he used aluminum. By golly, it's held up pretty damn good. It's getting a little loose where the aluminum has stretched around the holes, but I'm impressed. Not bad for 30+ years.

definitely worth the effort, time it took for it