72 Torino floors and trunk

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   Have a 72 Torino and a 98 Lincoln Town car and want to know how close the floor pans match to use the Town car as patch panel for the Torino? need to replace trunk floor and a couple places under the seats. Thanks

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ronbow70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 02-March-2026 Location: Tenness Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ronbow70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 72 Torino floors and trunk Posted: 02-March-2026 at 2:46PM
	Have a 72 Torino and a 98 Lincoln Town car and want to know how close the floor pans match to use the Town car as patch panel for the Torino? need to replace trunk floor and a couple places under the seats. Thanks

Eliteman76 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 20-March-2006 Location: Nebraska, USA Status: Offline Points: 5450	Post Options Post Reply Quote Eliteman76 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04-March-2026 at 6:30PM
	Realistically, it's metal. Floor pans should be close size wise, but I have no personal experience but the dimensions should be about the same and Ford was channeling the body over the 98 frame, much like the 72-79 stuff was channeled over the frame. My advice, do a lot of measuring, always easier to trim off as opposed to having to weld it back on! Trunk floor, I don't think it's remotely close. The CV and Lincoln trunk has a big drop, and the fuel tanks are between the trunk floor and the rear axle on the 98. Not to way you couldn't use the metal, but I've told guys...look to the 70-74 Chevelle or 70-74 Olds Cutlass trunk floors. Metal is metal, just trim as needed, use sheets of cardboard to template the Torino floor and then chop-cut-weld it in.
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ronbow70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 02-March-2026 Location: Tenness Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ronbow70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-March-2026 at 12:31PM
	That is what I was thinking about using a Chevelle parts. The main reason I was looking at the Towncar is because I have it but you are right, they do have a large dip. Metal is metal. Thanks for the information.

72FordGTS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group GTS.org Admin Joined: 06-September-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 6780	Post Options Post Reply Quote 72FordGTS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-March-2026 at 1:35PM
	Check this project. A former member started to swap a Torino body onto a CVPI frame and seemed to be able to use the Crown Vic floor pans. The town car is the same car, just a bit more length so you might be able to make them work. https://forum.grantorinosport.org/72-gts-cvpi-frame-coyote-swap_topic15882_page2.html As Andrew said, the trunk it too different because the Panther cars use a vertical gas tank.
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ronbow70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 02-March-2026 Location: Tenness Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote ronbow70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06-March-2026 at 2:03PM
	Think I may wind up using the Town car for any in the front and a Chevelle trunk floor. I went and looked at his Torino/Crown Vic build. Pretty cool but am glad I don't need that much metal work.

hogfiddles Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Moderator Joined: 19-September-2016 Location: Central NY Status: Offline Points: 1695	Post Options Post Reply Quote hogfiddles Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19-March-2026 at 4:06AM
	Like many others that start off with great idea…..this one seems to have been dropped by the wayside, too——haven’t seen the guy here since 2021. That’s a shame….. I was really watching that to see how it would turn out. Dfox
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Eliteman76 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 20-March-2006 Location: Nebraska, USA Status: Offline Points: 5450	Post Options Post Reply Quote Eliteman76 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19-March-2026 at 7:03AM
	I think sometimes folks bite off more than they anticipate, get discouraged and sell the project. My GTS took 9 years for the first refresh. So I get it.
	Andrew:GTS.ORG admin, '72 Q code 5 speed Restomod Pondering: #99Problems

72FordGTS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group GTS.org Admin Joined: 06-September-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Status: Offline Points: 6780	Post Options Post Reply Quote 72FordGTS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21-March-2026 at 6:29AM
	I wss hoping that project would get done too, but sadly I think that was the end. With guys making Chargers out of Crown Vics, someone has to be able to so it with a Torino. They are dimensionally pretty close, closer than a Charger.
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