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Old Mar 11, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Well got the floor pans done and the quarter panel fitted today i am well on the way of maybe having it done this year
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Nice looking work! Keep us updated.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 03:19 AM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Wow thats some nice metal work donr there. Did you do it yourself?
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

All finished welded and ground almost ready for a skim coat of bondo.
Ya doing it myself, 29 years in a sheet metal fab shop welding and finish grinding pays off in the long run.Body work for 25 years dont hurt much either.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Looks like you have done a great job. Keep it up!
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 04:27 AM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Almost got it with one coat of bondo.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 08:29 AM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Wow. Lots of work there. Looks good. We're all hoping you don't have a case of Rustoleum spraybomb waiting to finish it off. Seems to be a lot of that going on around here lately.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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I wish rustoleum, epoxy primer,2k primer,sealer,base,clear and all activators and thinners almost a months pay and thats at slighty above cost.
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 03:48 PM
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Got it all striped nowFloor pan done quarter panel fitted-lh.jpg

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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 02:50 PM
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Nice! I need to do the floorpan on the driver side on mine. The only thing stopping me right now too Was hoping to have my faded red girl back on the streets this year lol
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Excellent work. Want to come to MA and do mine?!?!
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 08:38 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Nice to see it being done right, keep up the good work
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

This is how all these cars need to be redone. I went to the junkyard the other day to cut out floor pans for my car and was amazed at what I saw. 4 of the 7 thirdgens had thin sheet metal beat to death to kinda get the shape of the floor and then was riveted to what wasn't rusted out.LOL

There was only one firebird that had a small section intact. It had surface rust that i took the wire wheel to and treated. the rest of them were rusted completely out. I'm going to have to get flat stock and fab up the rest.

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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Nice job wish I had your and enough money to do that to mine.
One of the benefits (smog laws aside) of being in California is there is very little rust.
Looks goods
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Old May 6, 2012 | 05:06 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Got some primer on it[ATTACH][ATTACH]Floor pan done quarter panel fitted-primer3.jpg[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]
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Old May 6, 2012 | 06:07 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

This is great, those floorpans look amazing. Could we see a shot of them from underneath the car?
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Old May 6, 2012 | 06:12 PM
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Re: Floor pan done quarter panel fitted

Originally Posted by puma1552
This is great, those floorpans look amazing. Could we see a shot of them from underneath the car?
Next time i go to my shop i will get a shot for ya.
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Slow88lb9
Got some primer on it
Finally got some paint on it.

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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Slow88lb9

Finally got some paint on it.
Heart transplant complete





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