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Missing Floor Panel
Posted: 21 Apr 2023, 08:04
by herman_t25
Hi all,
I’m working through prepping the floor for sound deadening and it appears I’m missing a panel on the floor. Linking floor to the outer wall?
Does anyone have any pictures of what it looks like? Guess I’ll have to make one
https://imgur.com/a/GeqwFIm
Re: Missing Floor Panel
Posted: 21 Apr 2023, 10:29
by Aidan
The original outer sill has the return on it which welds to the rest of the floor panel, and the upper panel has a slight return which welds to that; because the previous repair has used the replica panel which is the middle panel and the sill outer part only there is nothing on the one piece panel to fix to the remains of the original panels or any repair piece. You could make a bridging piece but welding onto the back of the outer skin you will probably distort it. You might have to decide how structual it is for you, depends on how good the inner sill is really, or if that is original for example and where else on the sill has been repaired.
I can photograph a lhd one to show you how it was originally, just a mirror image for rhd obviously
Re: Missing Floor Panel
Posted: 22 Apr 2023, 18:33
by herman_t25
Aidan wrote: ↑21 Apr 2023, 10:29
The original outer sill has the return on it which welds to the rest of the floor panel, and the upper panel has a slight return which welds to that; because the previous repair has used the replica panel which is the middle panel and the sill outer part only there is nothing on the one piece panel to fix to the remains of the original panels or any repair piece. You could make a bridging piece but welding onto the back of the outer skin you will probably distort it. You might have to decide how structual it is for you, depends on how good the inner sill is really, or if that is original for example and where else on the sill has been repaired.
I can photograph a lhd one to show you how it was originally, just a mirror image for rhd obviously
great that's a real help. I'm sure i'll be replacing that panel in the next year or so so makes sense to do it then. I'll just drop my sound deadening back 6 inches from the edge ready.
thanks
Re: Missing Floor Panel
Posted: 22 Apr 2023, 22:09
by davidoft1
Should look like this
