RobRobitaille Posted December 3, 2023 Report Posted December 3, 2023 Good morning I have purchased replacement floor pans for my 51’ Dodge. The floors had been replaced/ patched before. Can anyone post some pictures of your front cab mounts (original). I don’t have enough of the original metal to know how they should be. Quote
Solution Los_Control Posted December 3, 2023 Solution Report Posted December 3, 2023 Not a great picture.... You can get the general idea. Basically just a flat plate .... maybe 16 gauge? Has the ends folded over to ad rigidity. And welded to the floor pan. I figure you can get the measurements of where to put it from your truck ...... If you need measurements let me know. Quote
RobRobitaille Posted December 3, 2023 Author Report Posted December 3, 2023 That’s perfect thank you very much! Quote
RobRobitaille Posted February 21 Author Report Posted February 21 Spend some time putting some floor panels in today. Quote
RobRobitaille Posted February 22 Author Report Posted February 22 Made new cab mount. Decided to plug weld it in since I don’t have great access to run a bead underneath 2 Quote
Los_Control Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 Really is looking good, I know it looks better then mine ..... I just kept fixing junk though. Quote
RobRobitaille Posted February 24 Author Report Posted February 24 Thank you! This is my first time doing a floor replacement but the truck has had many. I think I’m 1/8th” out of level side to side. Trying to decide if I should cut my welds from the pillar to the floor and try to fix it. Quote
Los_Control Posted February 24 Report Posted February 24 My first time also. I think what matters is your end goal for the truck .... Will it be a 100 point show vehicle? .... I doubt it since it is your first floor replacement. This is also my first floor replacement .... my goal is for it to be rust free, painted and I want to drive the wheels off of it. .... Use it as a work truck scratching up the paint in the bed and not care about it. ...... So what is your goals? I made a first time mistake installing my floor. You can see where I cut out the floor pan, the upper level relaxed and bowed. I did not catch it and welded the pan in this way. Now with the seat base in, you can really see the bow. .... sits flush on the ends, big gap in the middle. .... Next time I promise to do better. I'm not going to beat myself up over it and use it as it is. First I will see how close I can get it using bolts and sucking it down tight .... then I will use washers or shims to be sure it is tight ..... I have 16 grade 5 bolts going into the seat base & floor and will use the base for my seat belt attachment point. I will trust my life on it and it will be fine. .... The base is still straight across the top, will never feel it in your butt. The floor has a small wow to it .... will never feel it in your feet ..... nobody needs to look at it ...... So it just depends on what you want to do. I like to watch a clown on Youtube weld in body panels, Just amazing to me how he can take a car apart and fix it using basic tools most of us have in our garage. His last car was a 1967 camaro ..... Was fun too watch how much rust he found as he dug into it deeper .... within 6-8 weeks he had replaced every panel on that car. He was really good at pointing out the differences between the factory sheet metal and the modern replacement panels. Point was, the original metal was not great as if there was no real quality control on the assembly line .... there were original panels way out of specs when you measured them. ..... We all knew body panel fitment was never good in the 30, 40's, 50's .... he proved not much better in the 60's. So when you say one side is 1/8" out ..... fix it if you need to, just your choice. ..... These old cars were never that exact in the first place. My example is a flat out mistake on my part .... I'm comfortable living with it and promise to do better next time. Quote
RobRobitaille Posted February 25 Author Report Posted February 25 I’m with you. This isn’t going to be a show truck by any stretch. Getting a good gap on the hood so I think I’m going to leave it alone. Quote
RobRobitaille Posted February 25 Author Report Posted February 25 My seat in that area is different. It was spot welded to that edge Quote
Los_Control Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 7 minutes ago, RobRobitaille said: My seat in that area is different. It was spot welded to that edge I understand that totally. I did cut the brazing out and removed my seat base ..... I did not have a lower seat to put back in it. Now my seat base is heavily modified, flipped upside down & backwards ... Has several supports welded into it for bucket seats and seat belts ...... I doubt anyone has a seat like mine. ..... But it started out as a original 48-50 pilothouse seat base. It still is flat and straight across the top & bottom, is the floor that changed in my case. Quote
JBNeal Posted February 25 Report Posted February 25 More than likely, Dodge transitioned to spot welding sheet metal seams because once the welder is dialed in, spot welding goes very fast and makes for a strong sheet metal weld joint. So as long as your repair welds are of good quality and not of excessive length to cause warping, then the new weld joint should be OK Quote
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