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  1. toddms

    toddms New Member

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    Hi Everyone,

    This is my first time to post anything Im a new member as of today. I have a 1971 Grabber project car that is in need of floor pans, I was wondering if anyone might could direct in the right direction. Im looking for a place that sells new replacement floorpans. Any info or tips would be great.

    thanks
     
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  2. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    The good news is you found the right place for frendship, help, and guidence. The bad news is there are no floor pans made for these cars. In fact, there aint much of anything made for these cars. But then, if it was easy, it would be a dime a dozen chevy or mustang.

    Oh, by the way, welcome!!!
     
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  3. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    Welcome,,,unless the floors are gone, why not get some sheet metal and fix them that way.
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  4. ford84stepside

    ford84stepside Lone Wolf

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    Welcome

    Welcome to the best forum on the web! Just been here myself a couple a days and have already learned a lot just by reading the posts here; you can too. If you are good with sheet metal and a welder or know somebody that is, shouldn't be to big a problem to patch the pans but make sure you seal them when you finish welding them or the rust beetles will attack again!:smash: I like to paint them with a good coat of paint then fiberglass over the entire area. I don't know what others would say about doing this but it has always worked for me. The next time I do a set of floor pans I am going to try some of the rust encapsulater paint that The Eastwood Company sells. Also heard that a product called POR-15 works really well. Good luck and have fun with that FORD!:clap:
    A good spray or brush on undercoating will seal the bottom side, have heard of guys using the spray on bedliner stufff they use on pickups with good success.:)
     
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  5. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    welcome to the board.:)
     
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  6. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    welcome.
    Hopefully the floors can be fixed........parts are becoming more available for our cars....but floors are not there for us...yet!
     
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  7. Jean Doll

    Jean Doll Maverick Restoration Tech

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    Welcome to the board.:) As others have said, replacement floor pans are not yet made for our cars. Unless you can do it yourself, you need to find someone who can fabricate new pans out of sheetmetal and weld them in. There are'nt too many Mavericks out there that don't have a patch or two in the floor pans. But then, I live in winter road salt country, so rotten floors are fairly common here.:(
     
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  8. Andysutt

    Andysutt '72 Comet GT

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    My comet has no patches in the floors, nor does it need them :)
    Im glad about that..... and i think Mavman's is the same way...... I could be wrong however.
    Welcome to the forum, you'll enjoy it and learn a lot here
     
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    Welcome to the board.
     
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    Welcome from Georgia.
     
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