You mean the foot boards, we are the fools board,,LOL no matter how bad it is we can fix it..
how bad is the body ? just the floor boards ? how about the frame rails. seems like we just went through this ...lol the weakest point of the vert is right where the rear frame rails overlap the rockers. The rockers on a convertible are the back bone of the car. They are made of much heavier steel 4 layers than the coupe. make sure your rockers are in good shape.
Look right where the front of the leaf spring mounts. its actaully in a cup that bolts to the torque box that ties the rockers to the rear frame rail. This must be solid!