rusted pan replacement

radioman · Post by **radioman** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 3:26 pm

I have some rust (DUH!) in the pan of my 73. Mostly in corner. As I replace the bad steel what should I watch for: what is in the tunnel that must take into account? Gas line, cables etc???What about the side channels/// My rust situation is not bad....all on the outer edges. I don't expect to put in complete panels...only hand formed pieces. What about welding? What advice do you have? How can I replace the jack points.....after the pan work???Thanks BIll

chinacat · Post by **chinacat** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 1:58 pm

For what it's worth, I just replaced my pans, and opened up a can of worms with the inner rockers (outer edges of the pans). There was a fair amount of rust around in there, which had to be cut away and replaced with new steel, so that the pans could be properly welded into place. Some additional steel supports were welded in at the time, with the intention of makng the car a bit more structurally sound than stock.

Fuel and brake lines were moved from within the tunnel to the inside of the chasis. They now run along the top of the new pan (driver side), adjacent to the tunnel, and are hidden beneath rubber floor mats.

Went with a continuous weld around the edge of the pans. Also went with continuous beads on the seat rails. Hope this is of some help.