Re: Fiber floors?

["Jason and Maria Colavecchia" <jasoncolavecchia@domain.elided>]

Hmmm...my daily driver has already been through this kind of "rebuild".  It
has held up fine over the last 7 years.

However, keep in mind all the rust and holes were cut out with new material
welded in.  In some cases, new supports were made as well as body mounts
and numerous other reinforcements.  The fibreglassing of the entire
interior was then done over this repair work.  The inside walls were also
covered, along with the fender wheelwells.  

This procedure has proven to be quite durable, but is not my first choice. 
I would rather (cash permitting) go to a complete fibreglas replacement
body, as I feel that the less metal involved on the body the better.  I
wish they also made fibreglas versions of the original doors, too....(along
with all the hardware to fit the windows properly, etc.)


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: From: jmbrodsky@domain.elided
: To: ihc-digest@domain.elided; owner-ihc-digest@domain.elided
: Subject: Fiber floors?
: Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 11:00 AM
: 
:      Binders,
:      
:         In my haste I may have neglected something of the perfect fix for

:      my rusty '74 T'all floors!  Wassamatta just put fiberglass layers
over 
:      the rusty floors, and seal the rust holes for good, and make it just

:      as strong?  It'd be a piece of cake to lay in some sheet and let the

:      resin soak around and seal the rust, and I wouldn't have to worry 
:      about trapped air pockets or any of that stuff.  I could just let
the 
:      floors rust for another 25 years, and fix them later, huh?  I really

:      don't want to have to weld.  That's what's been holding me up on the

:      project truck so far.
:      
:         Drop me your opinions on this, and BTW I plan to make the fiber 
:      part good and thick as well as far out around the edges of the rust.
:      
:         Whacha'all think?
:      
:      -Joel
:      '76 Scout II (getting there)
:      '75 T'all 4wd (tranny makes you tear your hair out)
:      '74 T'all 2wd (Flintstone floors)
:         
:         '83 BMW R80 G/S PD "Claudia"  (Always there when I need her!)  ;)
: