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- Jun 17, 2004
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Ok so this happened today that made me stop and rethink what I am doing. Long and the short of it is I am replacing the floor pans in my Bronco and was hoping to go with a one piece unit for the entire thing (new races and all). So I set out starting at the drivers side and got the rockers out and then began removing the floor boards. As the pics show I got the drivers side and middle out, leaving the tunnel in place, when as soon as I removed the floor pan, the rear bed dropped about 1". I didn't see it dropout figured that it was the striker post and bed side that dropped down. Once I saw this I quickly did some measurements and found that the door opening is still at 39" where it was before, but I have a feeling if I remove the other side that it will just fold up like a cheap beer can.
With that being said you can see in the pics that the door and striker posts are absolute garbage, the kick panels are home made from plate steel and are throwing some measurements off, and they were not even welded to the front floor brace, what is also broken.
I have pulled a full stop on this and decided to look for some advice before I proceed. My first thought was to start bracing everything I could as well as propping up the rear bed back to where it should be off the frame.
(Sorry I can't figure out how to rotate the pics either)
Thanks.
With that being said you can see in the pics that the door and striker posts are absolute garbage, the kick panels are home made from plate steel and are throwing some measurements off, and they were not even welded to the front floor brace, what is also broken.
I have pulled a full stop on this and decided to look for some advice before I proceed. My first thought was to start bracing everything I could as well as propping up the rear bed back to where it should be off the frame.
(Sorry I can't figure out how to rotate the pics either)
Thanks.