[FC] 1963 FC- repairing/replacing front floorboard- FCs used byEdison ?

[gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com]

Back in the early days of the automobile, floors were made of wood, that's
why they call them floorboards.........
But I certainly would not recommend it.
Plywood comes apart, gets wet, won't seal tight.

You have a pretty flat floor there, use metal, and seal it tight, then
protect it with POR 15 or a good sealing paint.

Gary Swiatowy

Original Message:
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From: David Houston judgehouston at yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 07:27:20 -0700 (PDT)


To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Subject: [FC] 1963 FC- repairing/replacing front floorboard- FCs used
byEdison ?


 I saved a '63 FC from salvage last Jan. Upon removing the amateur
carpeting in this former Pa. van, the most significant rust is in the front
floors and bondoed rockers. Is the Floor removal a difficult job due to the
unibody design? Is there a replacement available? My rockers were repaired
with fiberglass/bondo ,but it's showing it's age. The rest of the van's
floors are decent. Also, I discovered that early '90's S-10 rims fit my
front axle. I was considering plywood as a floor replacement. 
Another discovery is that my van had been painted the same yellow color
that electrical power companies like Edison had in the 1960's. Did
Pennsylvania Edison/electric use FC's? Greenbrier's?


      
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