I am wondering if the guy I bought this car from welded in the trunk pan wrong or if I am missing something. The car is a 69 and came with two new braces. If you fit them up to the new floor that the previous owner intalled it looks like I am at least two inches short for them to reach the back tail panel. Looking at pictures on the internet it looks like the braces are attached to the rear panel and then spot/plug welded to the floor. Am I looking at redoing the floor? I can take some pictures if it helps.
Different re-pop companys make parts with varying accuracy. You may have inaccurate braces or a poor fitting trunk pan. You may need to "entice" the brace a bit. or add something onto the other end.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure. I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 1968 400 convertible (Scarlet) 1976 T/A - 455 LE (No Burt) 1976 T/A New baby, starting full restoration. 1968 350 - 4 speed 'vert - 400 clone (the Beast!) 1968 350 convertible - Wife's car now- 400 clone (Aleutian Blue) (Blue Angel) 2008 Durango - DD 2008 GXP - New one from NH is AWESOME! 2017 Durango Citadel - Modern is nice! HEMI is amazing! 1998 Silverado Z71 - Father-daughter project 1968 400 coupe - R/A clone (Blue Pearl) (sold) 1967 326 convertible - Sold 1980 T/A SE Bandit - Sold
I ran into the same problem (although not as bad as yours.) To me it was combination of poorly stamped repo parts. The trunk floor curve was off a little and I thinnk it wasn't as far back as it should have been, plus the repo tank brackets curve isn't the same as the trunk floor. Also make sure you have 69 gas tank brackets, the 67/68 ones are different.
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