Re: IML: Floor pan compatibility

[Luke Nola <luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe it's something to do with New Zealand being a small island  
country but the practice would be considered lazy and largely frowned  
upon in these parts. (60 Lebaron floor pan anyone?)

Luke
1960 Le Baron

On 28/01/2008, at 1:11 PM, Kenyon Wills wrote:

> Q: Will the floor for a 1960 Imperial Hardtop
> interchange with a 1960 Imperial Sedan?
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> It should.  Why not?  If someone knows that answer
> factually, I'd be surprised, since this is not a
> common operation and is rather challenging to perform,
> so it keeps membership of the "floor-pan-swap club"
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> I base my response on the logic that it would be a lot
> easier to produce the variants of a car on the same
> shell than it would be to re-tool for a 700-car run
> that the sedans saw.
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> Is there a compelling reason you can't substitute the
> floorpan in the car with replacement metal that a
> fabricator could weld in using sheet-stock?  That
> would work the same and would not be visible and
> everyone here would probably be pretty discreet about
> your 'secret'.
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> The person that lifted your carpet or looked
> underneath and then chided you for having a non-stock
> floor pan on your otherwise delicious car would be
> asked if his parents were closely related where I live.
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> Kenyon Wills
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