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    Posted: 21-September-2021 at 12:44PM
Hi all, just curious on where I should start on my '73 Base's floors.  As you can see in picture one, there is a crossmember that goes across the mid(?) section of the floorpan.  Can I cut that at the ends, place my new floorpan on, then weld everything back in place?  Basically, it looks like the crossmember is in near perfect shape, while the floorpan rusted all the way through underneath.

What exactly should be my plan of attack?  Thank you in advance.  P.S. I am a newbie welder
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Nevermind, I think I got my own answer in the thread about using Mustang floor pans.  Says you only need that cross support if you plan on using the original seat, which I don't intend on doing. Wacko
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Good luck. Measure, plan it out, mark everything, re-measure.
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i've cut the pans leaving about 1/2" of the edge of the pan still attached to the rocker then trim the new pan to fit and rest on that lip Wink
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DO NOT CUT that black plastic cover running under the driver seat. That hides your wiring for the back of the car.
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Thank you everyone, duly noted!  Now to shop welders.
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I have a Hobart handler 135.(I also have my grandfathers Lincoln arc welder)
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Originally posted by californiajohnny californiajohnny wrote:

i've cut the pans leaving about 1/2" of the edge of the pan still attached to the rocker then trim the new pan to fit and rest on that lip Wink
Does that mean the floor then sits just that gauge-thickness higher than original? The thought doesn’t bother me, I’d just want to know if there’s anything else that needs to be considered then for fitment of anything afterward.
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its only 18 ga so it shouldn't affect anything really
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Originally posted by californiajohnny californiajohnny wrote:

its only 18 ga so it shouldn't affect anything really
just making sure of that, as I know some fits are critical.  I’ve thought a lot about just going on top at that point—in my mind it seemed raising the floor by only that little would get lost in seam-sealer anyway, but wanted to make sure it wouldn’t cause rear seat issues with fastening points or anything.

I figured there’s plenty of leeway, otherwise.

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if you remove the seat support structure and don't re-install it because you're going to use different seats / tracks / mounts, then you still need to fabricate a similar structure to secure the new seats to. it is never advised to bolt seats directly to only floor pan metal. i made some adapters that bolt to the original mounting points to secure a pair of seats from a Laser
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^^^^ Yes! There needs to be support for the seats besides the sheet metal!^^^^
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Originally posted by Rockatansky Rockatansky wrote:

if you remove the seat support structure and don't re-install it because you're going to use different seats / tracks / mounts, then you still need to fabricate a similar structure to secure the new seats to. it is never advised to bolt seats directly to only floor pan metal. i made some adapters that bolt to the original mounting points to secure a pair of seats from a Laser


What would be the best way to fabricate the mounts?  Mine was a bench seat where the bolts were all rusty anyway, and I have those '65+ Mustang floor pans arriving anyway, and I plan on just buying the ProCar bucket seats and brackets from Summit Racing.

I guess my question is just this: I shouldn't just bolt down the Procar seat bracket straight onto the new Mustang floorpan when it's installed?

Sorry for the questioning! I tend to overthink things.
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