1957 Chevy Floor Pan and Trunk Floor Repairs. Budget Restoration EP. #3

Today we tackle patching in floor pans and trunk floor in our 1957 Chevy budget restoration. Sheet metal work is getting close to complete! #bornfreebuilds #57chevy #trifive
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[@sarjag97]

I like your "I'll make it fit good enough" attitude. You're not building a show car but are doing some good solid repairs. Like you, I've tried some really cheap patch panels. With more time than money and a bit of patience plus a good welder and hammer, it can be made to work just fine. I have a 57 2-door hardtop that I did a good bit of patching to over the last couple years. Hoping to paint by Spring. Enjoy watching you work. Keep it up!!

[@jesusguzman5435]

Looks good 57 Chevy best body style ever

[@oldamericaniron5767]

When talk about making them fit, an old friend would have said, we don’t ask it, we tell it!

[@ezsgarage1766]

I had bought those floor panels and i sent them back and got me some better stamped floor pans

[@Anders.W.]

Looking good !

[@joeselke3472]

Looking good! I have a little bit of rust to tackle on the trunk lid of my 210 as well. Not looking forward to it. But the floor pan and trunk pan look good

[@bornfreebuilds]

Thanks for the feedback! Deck lid is currently under the knife. Little more tedious than I hoped, but we’ll get there. Video of it coming soon.

[@jessicabolick]

The first part lol

[@danieltuttle2361]

The circus music. Now that's how you build an old car.

[@bornfreebuilds]

No shortage of tomfoolery going on around here

[@holgerwittmann8419]

Looking goood!

[@morgansword]

You might check out Halfass Kustoms .... Brent has a way of making stuff to make it easier on you. Cardboard is your friend when making a pattern. I don't believe that second hole near the body mount is another mounting hole .... been too many years since I did floors or other on rigs....73 now and totally crippled up so can not do the things I loved to do. I know one thing, until you get all of the toys ie the bead rollers and breaks for metal... tons of stuff that us poor people only wish we had.... I subbed to you so going to check out some of the other videos you might have..... good luck building stuff!

[@bornfreebuilds]

Thank you!

[@JustinBlackfaceTrudeau]

Fitzee’s Fabrications is an excellent channel for making complex repair panels with minimal tools . Check out project Crusty !

[@morgansword]

@@JustinBlackfaceTrudeau His channel is one of my regular channels I watch and thank you for this answer.

[@powertoyz]

Great video do you have a link to the panels!?

[@rustedjunkgarage3316]

Nice job young Fellow, are you welding sheet metal with Flux core wire?

[@bornfreebuilds]

Thank you. No, we have a small Lincoln mig welder that works great!

[@thomaskenny1294]

Why is he cutting out good metal that just has suface rust?

[@66skate]

This is why some feel it's easier in the long run to replace the entire floor. He wants to do the project on a budget. There are downsides to that as seen now. If he chooses to use patch panels, he should have at least bought from a vendor with a reputation for producing proper parts.

[@pkerit308]

When the reproduction guys do all that work to make panels, why dont they do a little more so that they are Right???

[@bornfreebuilds]

90% convinced it’s to make my life miserable

[@georgewilson9121]

cut the pans up not the car, keep as much of the original as possible.