Floor rust repair w/ PICS
04-29-2012, 10:03 PM
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Car: '91 LS6/T56/9"
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Axle/Gears: Currie 9"/4.11, detroit truetrac
Floor rust repair w/ PICS
Damn it feels good to get some work done on this car! I bought this '91 shell that in much better shape than my current thirdgen, so I started repairing the rust damage this weekend.
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04-29-2012, 10:07 PM
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04-30-2012, 08:44 AM
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Car: 87 Black Iroc-Z
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Re: Floor rust repair w/ PICS
looking good buddy... what gauge metal did you use?
04-30-2012, 08:51 AM
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Car: '91 LS6/T56/9"
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Re: Floor rust repair w/ PICS
22ga sheet metal. I measured the stock floor at .035". The 22ga metal I used was .030" Since I was only replacing a small section and not the entire floor, it worked very well. The next biggest size I could find was 16ga and that was way too thick. I've a good miller welder too which helped.
05-01-2012, 08:01 AM
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Car: 1987 T/A WS6 T-Tops/92 RS
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Re: Floor rust repair w/ PICS
nice work man, wish i had a welder and could weld better than I do.
05-01-2012, 10:52 AM
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Re: Floor rust repair w/ PICS
Welds are far from perfect, but butt-welds with a mig are some of the hardest. Need to seam-seal, and it's onto bodywork.
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08-17-2012, 02:35 PM
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Re: Floor rust repair w/ PICS
My entire car was shot, especially the rear shock towers, rockers and floors. Here's a pic of my car after sitting in storage for 2 years, patched some of the floor prior. lol, BTW I live in Newfoundland Hahaha Not many survivors out here
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