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

[Wild8bill at aol.com]

Unless a person is going to find replacement sheet metal and do it right,  there are few option that will work well. Obviously this is a "keep it running"  car, and not a show car. I would shy away from wood, even pressure treated  plywood, because it isn't stiff enough to help support the other body panels. If  I were to do it the shade tree way, I would cut out the bad parts and try to  tack-weld some plain sheet metal over the holes, bending and forming them as  needed to fit. Treat everything so it can't rust, and then maybe cover the whole  thing top and bottom with thick fiberglass for extra protection, sound  absorbtion, and strength. If you're a wood guy and not a welder, you COULD use  marine grade plywood and coat it with fiberglass, but the screws or bolt holes  will eventually wallow out and create a loose floor. Find someone with a little  wire feed welder to put in the new sheet metal, or rent one. If you can use a  caulking gun, you can use a wire feed welder; and if you've ever done paper  mache or duct-taped something together, you can use fiberglass.
 
Bill
richmond CA
61 rampy 63 greenbrier, 63 monza vert
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2008 8:51:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com writes:

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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