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These pics are the Drivers front floorpan before and after. I had patched the floorpans way back when by pop riviting and sealing a piece of sheetmetal over the hole since all we had was an ARC welder and Layson's wouldnt be making repop pans for about 12 more years!

The light gray section in the first pic is the ground. The black in the middle is the frame channel. I used POR 15 everywhere I could reach inside the frames. The stuff is awsome!!!

This is the area where the drivers floorpan, firewall, and splashshield all come together. The splashield isn't actually "pinched" together with the other two panels, it's only spotwelded to the floorpan. No wonder it rusted out.


The above pics are the pass. side floorpan. It was definately the worse of the two. There was a small leak in the windshield weatherstrip before I bought the car. The windshield and the wiper pivot seals are notorious for leaking in the early A's.

I decided to patch it in 3 pieces so that 1)it was easier and 2)it was a lot easier! I was able to hide one joint inside the rear frame channel and the other is right in the middle where I can get to it to bodywork it once I roll it over.
This is the inside and outside of the pass. floorpan and splashshield. I had to fabricate the corner piece of the shield, as well as the pinch molding. I had thought about doing away with it entirely but decided against it. I did cut it off in the tranny tunnel and reinforced it inside with a strip of 14 ga. sheetmetal.

I originally cut the pinchweld off in the tranny tunnel for clearance on the 727. You usually have to do a little clearancing on the early A's at the pinchweld and in the kickdown linkage area. Some people claim to not have to do this. Production tolerances must have varied widely. I have to make a little more clearance for the 4 speeds Lakewood Blow-proof Bellhousing. There's no way anyone could get one of those in there with the pinchweld intact. To see pics on the Bellhousing... go here (still in progress), or of the 4 speed hump install, click here.


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