Chevelle "Rust-City B***h" Full Floorpan Replacement rebuild-log: "How-to" and Advice/Questions too

[Dwn4BassAlan]

Ok, it's been needing this for a while now. Got the full 1-piece floor w/ crossbraces and inner rockers from JEGS ($570 shipped to my door, even with truck freight)

This is like a build-log sort of in-case anyone is interested or looking for help themselves. I will always have questions myself hopefully somebody might be able to answer. I know this isn't the chevelle forums, but there's still some knowledgeable guys here. I'm also going to video it since that's really what I wished had been out there, without cutting all the steps out though.

Started pulling up the carpets today, here's what it looks like ATM:

Keeping bolts and screws labeled for later

[Dwn4BassAlan]

Salvaged most of the carpet

Won't be reusing that carpet though, but I checked online and a new set is like $170 so I might try to sell it for like $30 at the pomona swap, it's 98% complete, just one corner is cut and a small bit of insulation had to be tossed because it was rotted and molded.

[White Lightning]

Bout the same thing I'm doing with my 49 Ford. Carefully cut out all of the bad and replace with new.

I'm basically using a die grinder with a cutting wheel for the most part.

[Crandis16]

I'm cringing as I type this. looks like a nightmare... at least it's not a Lancia

[DubNDodge]

Smart to label bolts. Wish I would have done that for a lot of my projects.

[Dwn4BassAlan]

Bout the same thing I'm doing with my 49 Ford. Carefully cut out all of the bad and replace with new.

I'm basically using a die grinder with a cutting wheel for the most part.

Thankfully I've given myself lots of room for error, no careful cutting needed in the floor since it's a 1-piece pan w/ inner rockers and crossbraces

At least not until I get to the edges that is lol. I'm not looking forward to all the drilling I'm going to have to do on the old spot welds to get the rockers apart.

And at this point I have no clue is the current outer rockers are going to be good enough to use. So fingers crossed on that lol.

I grabbed a ryobi with a 4" cutoff wheel. I don't have any air to use, so this project will definitely be fun with no air tool power If it gets too bad I'll have to go to my bosses house and use his.

[Dwn4BassAlan]

Smart to label bolts. Wish I would have done that for a lot of my projects.

Lol yeah, since they've spent 40 years corroding and twisting and morphing independently to the frame and stuff, you gotta keep the same ones for the same holes while you plan to keep using them lol.

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Ever finish that sub of yours?

[Dwn4BassAlan]

Ever finish that sub of yours?

Lol, I had the ghetto version up for a while, I am waiting for the last part, should be here next week. I got the other parts in from jacob on monday night.

[Soccerballzs]

Jegs has some nice stuff for that Chevelle! local business here in Columbus go there often!