'49 Plymouth Woody floor pans

[JSabah]

I need to replace (preferred) or repair my floor pans. I checked the typical suppliers and floor pans for the p18 special deluxe seem to be available from multiple suppliers. Problem is, while comparing vender pics and my car, they don't seem to be the same. My floor pans look to have a single piece across the entire front (right tunnel and left all 1 piece) and a second piece across the back. What is offered from the suppliers are rights and lefts to be used with tunnel covers. I am not even sure I can use portions of the new (welded in) as the linear depressions are not in the same location and I can't tell about where the chassis mount bolts are. Following are pics of what I have. Note that the pencil tip is at the front/rear seam. Any experience here?

[Young Ed]

Those floors look decent enough to patch the far outsides and leave the middles and hump

[casper50]

Have you asked about pans for a suburban?  If they are different I doubt that anyone makes yours.  As Ed says yours aren't that bad.  I'd patch them.

[Dave72dt]

The floor pans are patchable as long as the  tunnel area is sound and look to be fairly simple to make if needed.  A bead roller or hammer forms and some time will duplicate the depressions and butt welding them in, finishing them off top and bottom will make them virtually undetectable.  or you can  flange the edges and plug weld and seam seal them if you  wish.  Of a bigger concern is shown in your second pic with the deterioration of the body mount.  That, as well as your rockers need to be addressed before you start cutting out major portions of floor pans.  Even rusty swiss cheese metal has some integrity to it and if you carefully remove it, can be used as patterns for the replacement  pieces.  Even the tunnel could be made from scratch if needed if made in manageable simple sections and welded together.

 

Clear enough floor pan out to access those mounts for repairs, get the jambs and gaps aligned, all of them, both sides, before welding anything  in.  Once the body is stabilized with solid mounts and rockers, you can begin the floor re[placement.  Since you've chosen a less popular brand and a rare version  of that, few replacement parts of sheet metal will be available so you'll either need a viable donor, compromises  in panel choices that may not be an exact match, or make the ones you need. 

[casper50]

I got most of my rust repair patches from a donor.  I thought that it would be easier and it turned out not to be all that hard.  If I can do it so can you.