The floors are installed from under the car; the front and rear panels fit on top of the floor and the rocker and sill are welded at the bottom edge. there are 2 sills; I call the one inside that you cant see the inner sill.
Douglas A. Hansen www.1147cc.com To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 3:32:11 PM Subject: [Spits] Floor Pan replacement Well, I'm into the final stages of replacing the rusty floor pans for may 1973/1978 Spit Six project. I ordered the pans from SpitBits, all the way from England. In fitting the pan to the passenger side floor, there appears to be not enough width at the door. Further inspection shows that the replacement pan outside edge is straight from front to back and there is a turned down edge. I appears that the Inner Rocker Panel is getting in the way. My inner and outer rocker panels appear to be ok and will not need replacement (at far as I can tell). So the question is, do I have to remove the Inner Rocker Panel to get to the floor pans, or can I (or should I) cut the old floor along the Inner Rocker Panel and bend the replacement floor panel upward to be tack-welded to the Inner Rocker Panel? Go from this.... Inner Rocker Panel --------- | |---Inner Sill |-----Outer Rocker Panel | | | \____ \_ | _________________________________________ \ | | Floor Pan Folded Down | | | / | | | _______ / | | | | | | | |---Spot Weld To this.........? Inner Rocker Panel ----------- | || |---Inner Sill |--- Outer Rocker Panel Spot Weld--|| | | | \___ \_ | __________________________________ / ___ \ | | Floor Pan Folded Up | | | / | | | ________ / | | | | | | | | Dan Parrott Savannah, Ga. 1980 Triumph Spitfire "PJ" 1973/1978 SpitSix "Joseph" [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of floorweld.jpg] _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
