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03-30-10, 01:01 AM
Floor Panel Restoration - Sheetmetal Salvation
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The Availability Of New Panels Eases Restoration Costs-And May Save Mustangs In The Process (http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techarticles/mump_1003_floor_panel_restoration/index.html)The availability of more and more new replacement sheetmetal stampings is helping to reduce restoration labor costs-and maybe even saving a few badly corroded Mustangs from the crusher. The white portions of this early hardtop are what remains (for now) of the factory metal. Everything else consists of new aftermarket stampings.inline_mediumwraptextrightFloors rust, right? And properly patching floor structures can be a monumentally time consuming process. The solution? Dynacorn now sells complete, pre-welded floor structures-not just floorpan panels-that span all the way from the bottom edge of the firewall to the rear fascia, as seen here from this trunk view. Oh, and ignore the stitch welding you see in all these shots; Legendary Motorcar is doing these seam welds as a means of stiffening the coupe to prepare it for upcoming duty as a road-race/open-track car.26838950/techarticles/mump_1003_floor_panel_restorationmump_1003_02_+flo or_panel_restoration+floor_structures.jpgTrue
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The Availability Of New Panels Eases Restoration Costs-And May Save Mustangs In The Process (http://www.mustangmonthly.com/techarticles/mump_1003_floor_panel_restoration/index.html)The availability of more and more new replacement sheetmetal stampings is helping to reduce restoration labor costs-and maybe even saving a few badly corroded Mustangs from the crusher. The white portions of this early hardtop are what remains (for now) of the factory metal. Everything else consists of new aftermarket stampings.inline_mediumwraptextrightFloors rust, right? And properly patching floor structures can be a monumentally time consuming process. The solution? Dynacorn now sells complete, pre-welded floor structures-not just floorpan panels-that span all the way from the bottom edge of the firewall to the rear fascia, as seen here from this trunk view. Oh, and ignore the stitch welding you see in all these shots; Legendary Motorcar is doing these seam welds as a means of stiffening the coupe to prepare it for upcoming duty as a road-race/open-track car.26838950/techarticles/mump_1003_floor_panel_restorationmump_1003_02_+flo or_panel_restoration+floor_structures.jpgTrue
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