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so when I purchased this car I noticed there was a hole on the drivers side floor pan. it would appear that someone had tried to jack the car up by the pinch welds. I only lifted the carpet and it didn't look too bad. however I lifted up some more today and it looks bad. this is just the drivers side. ill have to take a gander at the passenger one. the subframe doesn't look too bad. is this fixable or am I just better off getting another car/ rust free shell?

Jacobaxeman

Don't be scared of some rust, it's all fixable, it just takes some time to do. If you don't want to fix it sure get another, but there is a good chance there will be rust somewhere; or you fix it, learn, and end up with a car you are very proud of because of how it turned out.

I think you should fix it

turd_gen

Classic Industries sells replacement floor pans, although they are bit pricey. I have rot in the spot, although not quite as bad as yours. I'm going to try and find some clean donor panels, but I doubt I'll have much luck up here in Canada.

These cars all rust in that area for a number of reasons so I think it would be hard to find a shell that wouldn't need some rust repair.

phasevariance

Yeah, that happened to me about 6 years ago. I pulled the entire interior and carpets out and started cutting all the rot out. I salvaged as much of the original floor as I could and welded in 19 Gage steel and then used seam sealer. She looks a bit like Frankenstein on a lift, but it's stronger and half a decade later rust free.