Fw: <VV> floor replacement

[Ron]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Paul Hanley" <ph121 at concentric.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> floor replacement


>I have just finished doing that on our Lakewood.  Apparently in some years 
>past it was high centered on snow and lost some of the rubber plugs.  After 
>that, water got in and rusted the floors.  After cutting out the rusty 
>floor bottoms using mostly a 4" electric angle cutter from Harbor Freight, 
>I cut the new floors with about 1/2" of overlap.  Then I tried wire welding 
>which wasn't too terrific but then my welder stopped feeding the wire after 
>using less than one roll of wire so I fired up my old Sears stick welder 
>and finished the job using 3/32" coated rods.  Neither method worked any 
>better than the other and the biggest problems were burn through and 
>warping of the new pieces.  In some places I used temporary small sheet 
>metal screws to hold the plates together while welding.  I then used body 
>filler to smooth the top and seam sealer on the bottom after a good prime 
>and top coat of Rustoleum.  It took a LOT of time!
> The problem with brazing may be additional warping from all of the heat 
> required.  A weld is quicker.
> Our Lakewood was never undercoated so I've just now finished panting all 
> the rest of the underside sheetmetal with the Rustoleum for rusty metal 
> and it all looks pretty good.  It'll get a final undercoat after I get the 
> center tunnel cover on.
> It's a big job, good luck.
> RonH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Hanley" <ph121 at concentric.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 5:31 PM
> Subject: <VV> floor replacement
>
>
>> I'm replacing the floor on my 61.  I have all 4 floor panels from 
>> Clark's. My welding is not that good, so I was going to rivit them in 
>> place, then braze the lap joints.  Does this sound good enough?  Any 
>> suggestions will be appreciated. This will be a daily driver, not for 
>> show.
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>> 61 2-door coupe
>> 64 Spyder
>> CORSA member
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