[6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair quote...

[Greg Lemon]

I couldn't agree with Sloane's comments more.  Some people say there is one way to do it and that is the right way, I just do not agree with that.  The depending on how bad, the floors could be patched or replace as described below, as long as the welds are done well the car will be structurally fine, and when you are driving down the road, or looking at it from above or in the cockpit you will never know the difference.  If you want to pay the guy 20 grand to replace the floors and make the car like new more power to you, but there are many ways to fix and enjoy a car.  Reading what you wrote it makes me sad that the situation would end your hobby car ownership, there are options as others have explained.

Oh yes, if you do one of the more "quick and dirty" repairs, the resale will be a little less, but on the other hand, as you already noted, you won't get back anywhere near the 20K quote on the cost of repair.

Greg Lemon
TR250


From: im sloane via 6pack 
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 5:04 PM
To: James_ ; 6pack at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair quote...


James, 
My .02 on the floors and could be taken as advice on the whole job. My brother's 73 needed new floors as the first project when he got it. He ordered new pans from TRF and I "thought" it sounded like something I could do, obviously not. So I took it to a local "country" body shop that had painted mine years before. Kinda of a crappy place but did good work. He seemed to understand what I wanted done, but made his own decision on how to do it. Picked up the car, floors nice and seam sealed and everything looked good, from the top. First time I was under it I saw what he had done. He cut my new floors to make 'whole car' replacement panels and welded them in where he had cut out the old ones. Now this wasn't a LBC guy, and he did what he intended to do just fine. Car is fine, solid, everything is great, except I know it wasn't really done right. 


Moral to my story: Had I been at a shop that knew how to work on LBCs, it probably would have snowballed into something like you're facing. But in the long run, his car was back on the road pretty quick (once I got the rest of the interior back together) and he's enjoyed it for miles and miles. Does it win any shows - NO. Does it get positive comments and does he enjoy talking to other LBC guys at the shows - YES. Does he enjoy driving it and the looks it gets as he passes by - YES. 


My goal: hold down the total cost of ownership as much as possible and enjoy driving the piss out of my car. 


Sloane :o)





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To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 20:42:08 +0000
Subject: [6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair quote...
From: 6pack at autox.team.net


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