replaceing the floor in Cab

[worldsmysterie]

i decided to do a extensive cleaning of the cab so i pulled up the rubber floor mattes and both sides of the floor (feet go) are rusted BAD and the rust goes all the way to the side by the door. ...how and what are some good ways to fix that, i baught a RH floor panle.

i was thinking cut,weld and rubber glue?

[MAK]

It's hard to tell from the pictures but that doesn't look to bad from what I see. Is that more than just surface rust? I know sometimes that surface rust has lots of pinholes you can't see in a photo and then it's time to start cutting...

[farmtruckman]

worldsmysteriem, keep me posted how you do on this one. I have the same problem on a 72. The right side is way worse than yours with rotted out areas about six inch square in two areas, all the way up to the edge flange. I was going to cut patches and weld/rivet them in but was weighing buying a panel from LMC for the right side. The left side isn't anywhere as bad so I may just POR15 the snot out of it. My 67 had the same rot on both sides but I was able to patch small areas about two inch square. Where did you buy your floor pan, LMC?

[1971ford]

classic trucks magazin has a thing called "bumpside buildoff" and they have a article in last months issue(pretty sure its last months) about replacing floor pans. i looked on there site but dont know what part it is. hope this helped a little maybe

[farmtruckman]

1971Ford, Thanks for the followup. I went on www.classictrucks.com (never heard of that magazine} and what a wealth of information. Previous issues cover a lot of information that applies to a slew of problems I have.

Thanks again.

[1971ford]

glad i could help

and its the Dec. issue. i just found out.

i have two of there magazines, good stuff

[Ranchero50]

Mysterie, look around in the body and paint subforum for similiar topics. I cut and sectioned in replacement metal from a donar '77 bronco (same floors) because my rust went into the door posts.

For me from experience I've found out that a torch can be your friend for rust. Run the flame over the damaged metal and if it's too rusty it'll dissentigrate. I ended up doing that on my cab corners and door edges. Just slowly move the flame over the rusty parts and the damage will dissapear leaving clean holes to patch...

Jamie