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<DIV>I couldn't agree with Sloane's comments more. Some people say there
is one way to do it and that is the right way, I just do not agree with
that. The depending on how bad, the floors could be patched or replace as
described below, as long as the welds are done well the car will be structurally
fine, and when you are driving down the road, or looking at it from above or in
the cockpit you will never know the difference. If you want to pay the guy
20 grand to replace the floors and make the car like new more power to you, but
there are many ways to fix and enjoy a car. Reading what you wrote it
makes me sad that the situation would end your hobby car ownership, there are
options as others have explained.</DIV>
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<DIV>Oh yes, if you do one of the more "quick and dirty" repairs, the resale
will be a little less, but on the other hand, as you already noted, you won't
get back anywhere near the 20K quote on the cost of repair.</DIV>
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<DIV>Greg Lemon</DIV>
<DIV>TR250</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=6pack@autox.team.net
href="mailto:6pack@autox.team.net">im sloane via 6pack</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 9, 2015 5:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
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href="mailto:jattr6@hotmail.com">James_</A> ; <A title=6pack@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair
quote...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>James,
<DIV>My .02 on the floors and could be taken as advice on the whole job. My
brother's 73 needed new floors as the first project when he got it. He ordered
new pans from TRF and I "thought" it sounded like something I could do,
obviously not. So I took it to a local "country" body shop that had painted mine
years before. Kinda of a crappy place but did good work. He seemed to understand
what I wanted done, but made his own decision on how to do it. Picked up the
car, floors nice and seam sealed and everything looked good, from the top. First
time I was under it I saw what he had done. He cut my new floors to make 'whole
car' replacement panels and welded them in where he had cut out the old ones.
Now this wasn't a LBC guy, and he did what he intended to do just fine. Car is
fine, solid, everything is great, except I know it wasn't really done
right. </DIV>
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<DIV>Moral to my story: Had I been at a shop that knew how to work on LBCs, it
probably would have snowballed into something like you're facing. But in the
long run, his car was back on the road pretty quick (once I got the rest of the
interior back together) and he's enjoyed it for miles and miles. Does it win any
shows - NO. Does it get positive comments and does he enjoy talking to other LBC
guys at the shows - YES. Does he enjoy driving it and the looks it gets as he
passes by - YES. </DIV>
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<DIV>My goal: hold down the total cost of ownership as much as possible and
enjoy driving the piss out of my car. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sloane :o)</DIV>
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To: 6pack@autox.team.net<BR>Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 20:42:08 +0000<BR>Subject:
[6pack] Floorpan replacement and Rust repair quote...<BR>From:
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<DIV>Hi all…</DIV>
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