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240D floor pan repair
The edge of the floor pan along the entire passenger side rusted through. I made some patches and welded it all up. Everything is butt welded. I didn't take the time to metal finish the seams as they are not visible.
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You're getting good at this!
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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Thanks! Here are some more views.
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And more:
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Now who was it who was saying a while back he'd had enough of making custom panels?
How are you making them? Have you got a thread on metalmeet going? (I haven't been over there for quite a while)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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You remembered that I vowed not to make them! In this case, I don't think the footwell panel is available but I didn't research it extensively. The other floor pan pieces were fairly straightforward to make so it wasn't worth buying the whole floor pan just for the narrow strips that I needed.
In the case of the footwell piece, I used tuck shrinking to gather the metal around the bend. I didn't start a thread on metal meet or anything as I didn't consider it exciting enough! How about you? Did you put your car back together yet! |
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Here's anither piece for your metal enjoyment:
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And from the underside:
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And the footwell piece I made, before installation:
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Have you got shrinking / stretch jaws?
(This isn't a question about someone's physical attributes!)
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I do actually, but the bend was too much for the shrinker stretcher alone. I did most of it by tuck shrinking but used the shrinker as well.
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My hero!
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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Haha, it just takes patience and persistence. That floor pan repair took many full days and I'm still not anywhere near done- the rocker panel around the jack point is all rotted! Clearly this a labor of love!
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And it sounds like you're going to have a genuinely rust free Mercedes in Boston. I guess that's about as rare as rocking horse ****.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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