1st gen toyoda floor pan replacement Q's

[tgmaul88]

so ive got this 83 Cab, and ive searched and found some pretty good stuff, But Im a nwb in this sense,
What thickness metal would be good for replacing the floor pans 

any one scrapping a 1stgen cab with good floors you can cut out?

any place sell replacement panels??

or have you seen a good walk through of a pan replacement, Im trying to get it stripped down to see what all i need to replace,  Il get some photos shortly   we got 5 inches of snow last night

[tgmaul88]

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[jimbo74]

I haven't seen any replacement floor panels... probably best to just cut some ut of sheet metal and fab up a frame to support it... the stock doesn't need a frame because it is corrugated

[Nimyad]

What he said, just build a frame and use some 12g sheet metal, maybe even thinner than that.

[EJMFS]

I just used 14 gauge sheet metal and cut fit and welded in place.  Works great

[tditoyota]

I just used 14 gauge sheet metal and cut fit and welded in place.  Works great

Did you have to replace the section that mounts to the frame? If you did, did you have to build some sort of reinforcement for the mount?

[Yotaleigheehoo]

Did you have to replace the section that mounts to the frame? If you did, did you have to build some sort of reinforcement for the mount?

You talking about the body mount? If so, I'd say yes, "reinforce".

[tgmaul88]

http://www.toyotaoffroad.com/Articles/Projects/Rust/Rust.htm
http://www.yotatech.com/f115/thickness-floor-pan-sheet-metal-121853/
http://www.rustrepair.com/floor_pan_goog.htm
http://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/238954-floor-pan-repair-3.html

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=63148.30

[tgmaul88]

and the frame im working on







thought Id show how good the PO could weld!   any body think he's good?


he hacked the frame off   what a dummie

[tgmaul88]

[tgmaul88]

im just thinking what to do with that angle iron crap up front he welded in     

[nisota]

Torch & angle grinder? cut it out and go back to bare frame.

[tgmaul88]

he cut out part of it to weld in the angle iron

[nisota]

Oh well then just grind the angle iron flat as possible?

[slacker]

we (toyotafiberglass) are building a replacement cab (79-83) right now ..
steel floor  .. 3 + options ..
maybe we can help ?


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