brushwolf
Well Known Member
My Impala 2 door hardtop originally came from Texas, then sat in Arkansas for years. I hauled it back here and now it is in a pole building in MInnesota. It has little to no outer body rust through. However it sat outside for years and water soaked carpets, etc., you probably know the outcome.
Most of my past floor projects have been done on late 50's era Ford floors and in all those projects I found that cars in which floor and trunk panel rust occurred from above (as in water sitting in it vs. rusted from below from salt, etc..), that the floor braces underneath were often still pretty good. Hoping that is the case with this car too. A quick inspection from underneath when loading the car indicated they looked pretty decent from below anyway.
I understand there are floor panels available for 59-60 Impala now and looking for supplier recommendations (or warnings..). In reading other project threads here, I see that later Impala cars have both 3 piece floors, one piece floors and floors with braces available for them. Are all these options available for replacing floors in the 59-60 Impala as well?
I have welders, plasma cutter, spot-weld drilling stuff already and have used it before. So, I know it is a lot of work, but I kind of enjoy it (or looking at the results afterward anyway...)
Recommendations for floor pan suppliers and options for this project? Like I said, I suspect my floor braces are ok, but if it turns out I need any of the supports then I would like to have a resource list put together before diving in. These pics are from when it was just brought back from Arkansas and it is inside the pole building now.
Thanks, Mike
Most of my past floor projects have been done on late 50's era Ford floors and in all those projects I found that cars in which floor and trunk panel rust occurred from above (as in water sitting in it vs. rusted from below from salt, etc..), that the floor braces underneath were often still pretty good. Hoping that is the case with this car too. A quick inspection from underneath when loading the car indicated they looked pretty decent from below anyway.
I understand there are floor panels available for 59-60 Impala now and looking for supplier recommendations (or warnings..). In reading other project threads here, I see that later Impala cars have both 3 piece floors, one piece floors and floors with braces available for them. Are all these options available for replacing floors in the 59-60 Impala as well?
I have welders, plasma cutter, spot-weld drilling stuff already and have used it before. So, I know it is a lot of work, but I kind of enjoy it (or looking at the results afterward anyway...)
Recommendations for floor pan suppliers and options for this project? Like I said, I suspect my floor braces are ok, but if it turns out I need any of the supports then I would like to have a resource list put together before diving in. These pics are from when it was just brought back from Arkansas and it is inside the pole building now.
Thanks, Mike