Just joined? Please introduce yourself.
Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 23

Thread: How many hours to replace a floor?

  1. #11
    Registered Member NickP's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012

    Member #:1653
    Location
    De Queen, AR
    Posts
    4,157
    Both actually. The 57 got the deepened tubs from Real Deal Steel and the trunk pan comes pre configured for that. I did all of the cutting on the front floor while it was out of the car. Somewhere, I documented the cut lines, maybe on my picturetrail account. Once fitment was completed, I joined (welded) the two out of car. I had sheet metal screwed them before hand so I knew it all was correct On the 55 vert, I used a toe to bumper. no tubs. Two others, toe to bumper. All real deal steel.

  2. #12
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2013

    Member #:1806
    Posts
    414
    Quote Originally Posted by chevynut View Post
    Well after discussing this with Steve he asked me to take a closer look at the trunk too. It's a mess. Someone cut it in half and replaced the rear half. They patched the spare tire well by putting a rectangular sheet of sheetmetal under it, and welding it from the top. The rectangular piece is still there under the floor. There are pinholes along the weld and it's warped badly. There is rust and holes along the wheelwell flanges and the back corners have been patched, but there's still some rust holes.

    So it looks like we're probably replacing the trunk floor too. I asked Steve to come up and take a look at it because I didn't want to do something he doesn't think needs to be done. I'm not sure what level he wants to take this car to.

    .
    Starting to sound like mission creep. Better stay away from the outer body panels, because it seems like a real hack has been working on it. I know you don't want to get into body work.

  3. #13
    Registered Member chevynut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011

    Member #:115
    Location
    Fort Collins, CO
    Posts
    10,835
    Quote Originally Posted by LEE T View Post
    Starting to sound like mission creep. Better stay away from the outer body panels, because it seems like a real hack has been working on it. I know you don't want to get into body work.
    Exactly. I don't even know why I'm doing these floors to tell the truth. It's the last thing I'm going to commit to doing on this car. I might add a gas tank support if he wants one on the frame, since I have done that for several C4 conversion frames. At least I know what I'm getting into there.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

  4. #14
    Registered Member chevynut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011

    Member #:115
    Location
    Fort Collins, CO
    Posts
    10,835
    I'm kinda wishing I hadn't taken this project on, but Steve is a nice guy and he's been good to me.

    I've been working a few hours a week on this floor and I braced the body, cut out the old floor, cleaned up the flanges and fit the new trunk floor. I found out that the car has been hit hard in the driver's quarter and the outer wheelhouse pieces are all junk. I had to remove them all the way to the rocker so I will have to replace them. The passenger side wheelhouse was also damaged so I had to remove part of that side to get the trunk floor to fit. I'm replacing the entire wheelhouse on the driver's side and the back half on the passenger side.

    On the main floor, I bolted it to the chassis and found that it sat low on the passenger side rear. I had to shim that location up to get it level in the chassis. Then I cut holes for the C4 dogbones and made covers for them that I've tacked on. I have split the tranny tunnel and made a filler piece for it to raise it up for the Mopar tranny.

    The trunk floor is screwed in place where I thought it fit best and I dropped the body onto the chassis with the new floor bolted to it. The fit looks fairly good but there will be some trimming to do. I noticed the rearmost driver's side body mount hole is forward of the passenger side. I think this is because the car was hit on that side and the taillight area and the lower corner moved forward a bit and it was not pulled back all the way.

    20191102_004.JPG

    20191102_005.JPG

    20191217_011.JPG

    20191114_004.JPG

    20191125_007.JPG

    20191126_006.JPG
    Last edited by chevynut; 12-31-2019 at 12:21 PM.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

  5. #15
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2017

    Member #:3477
    Posts
    370
    Boy thats a lot of work. I am tired just looking at it

    so far so good.

  6. #16
    Banned
    Join Date
    Nov 2015

    Member #:2775
    Posts
    1,426
    Too bad that is a lot of time working on someone else's car instead of your own. Ouch. I won't work on anybody's stuff if I can't get it done in a day or too. My project is already taking just 4 times longer than I thought so far. There are never enough hours or energy in a day to get much done of anything else either. Plus, I am so much better at getting nothing done, while wasting so much time thinking about what I want to do, or should be doing.
    Last edited by 55 Rescue Dog; 12-31-2019 at 03:34 PM.

  7. #17
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2017

    Member #:3477
    Posts
    370
    Quote Originally Posted by 55 Rescue Dog View Post
    Too bad that is a lot of time working on someone else's car instead of your own. Ouch. I won't work on anybody's stuff if I can't get it done in a day or too. My project is already taking just 4 times longer than I thought so far. There are never enough hours or energy in a day to get much done of anything else either. Plus, I am so much better at getting nothing done, while wasting so much time thinking about what I want to do, or should be doing.
    You are right RD. I have just enough energy to work on my project. I have the endless supply of "friends" who always need my help, but never offer anything;like a few $$, replace shop supplies, nada.

    So I just work on my stuff. CN, I hope your customer/friend appreciates your effort and labor.

    S

  8. #18
    Registered Member chevynut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011

    Member #:115
    Location
    Fort Collins, CO
    Posts
    10,835
    If I wasn't retired there's no way I'd be doing this work....I just wouldn't have the time. In fact, I don't know how I got anything done when I worked full time.

    What started out as a transmission tunnel patching project has turned into a replacement of the main floor, trunk floor, and 5 pieces of the outer wheelhouses plus the wheelhouse seals. I noticed there is some rust in the bottom of the rockers, so I'll probably be patching them too. I told Steve I didn't want to get into doing any (exterior) body work on this car.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

  9. #19
    Administrator 567chevys's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010

    Member #:3
    Location
    Woodland Washington
    Posts
    2,413
    Looks Good but looks Like it was mess before you started, I'm sure Steve will appreciate it .


    Sid

    1955 2 DR Post
    1937 Chevy Coupe
    2023 Ford Super Duty F350 TREMOR
    2019 Corvette Z06
    1955 Chevy Nomad
    1935 Ford 2dr Slant back I have 4

  10. #20
    Registered Member chevynut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2011

    Member #:115
    Location
    Fort Collins, CO
    Posts
    10,835
    I pretty much got the floors located and clamped today. The trunk floor was already screwed to the body before I dropped it on the chassis. Had to do a little trimming on the brace behind the door on the driver's side to get it to go up where it needed to be. Now I need to start screwing it together.

    20200102_007.JPG

    20200102_006.JPG

    20200102_009.JPG

    20200102_011.JPG
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


    Other vehicles:

    56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •