How To Install Floor Pans on Hands-On Cars 3 + Racing! Eastwood and Kevin Tetz

In Episode 3 of Hands-on Cars, Kevin Tetz shows you how to replace floor pans in hthe camaro and then takes his 1966 Jaded Mustang to the Nashville GoodGuys for some racing. Plus we dig us some dirt on KT, including his days as a lead singer of an 80s hair band!
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In Episode 3 of Hands-on Cars, Kevin Tetz shows you how to replace floor pans in hthe camaro and then takes his 1966 Jaded Mustang to the Nashville GoodGuys for some racing. Plus we dig us some dirt on KT, including his days as a lead singer of an 80s hair band! This is an episode you gotta see!
Hands-On Cars in an online TV Series from The Eastwood Company and Kevin Tetz. When you're restoring a car, truck or motorcycle, Eastwood has everything you need to do the job right - from welders and plasma cutters to paint, HVLP guns, hand tools, rust solutions, metal fab tools, specialty tools, soda and abrasive blasters, powder coating supplies and more. Eastwood - Since 1978.
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You can learn a lot from Kevin Tetz - and in this episode he gives you some tips and tricks on how to replace rusty floor pans in your restoration project - while using a lot of Eastwood tools, including a MIG 175 welder.
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[@kdrainn4541]

Im 18 and appreciate the styles of the greater times.....My dad, brother, and I all are car guys and one day before i turned 16, my brother found an older 1979 camaro RS sitting in a field near our home... Needless to say that car is now mine and it is my first car. I have so many great plans for it and watching these videos of your journey with your z28 is giving me so much motivation. Thank you!

[@gza06955]

How is your 79 coming along?

[@tommygunn1901]

NO WAY I MET KEVIN IN HOLLYWOOD BACK IN THE DAY !! 🤘🏻I’m still living in LA playing music, also building cars and Harley’s

[@int53185]

Nice little bio story. No regrets. You are where you are today because of what you did in the past.

[@mobilechief]

Sad that there are no shop clases anymore ,I remember those days lol

[@Formulabruce]

AMD floor pans have the body plug holes and go up further in front. Thicker steel too. They have really stepped it up in quality, like they did with Mopars..

[@rogerramjet5092]

vary cool the tips on marking up the replacement panes well be vary helpful vary soon thanks

[@retrorebuild5196]

Hey man your band wasnt bad at all..I'm surprized you didnt go further...you didnt waste your time at all..tc

[@jrgsxr33]

Question, in my case I have a 92 mustang lx. The rear pass side floor pan has a small section to be replaced. I really would rather not replace the entire back section, instead I want to patch it. When I cut it out and go to cut the new one should I overlap or cut exact and weld where they join. If I overlap I guess I would need to weld underneath and/or used body filler? I want the finished look to look like factory. Wish I could attach a pic. Your help would be appreciated. Thnx

[@mdvs42]

Awesome Kevin Thanks!

[@DJInclined]

Awesome episode.

[@othnielmalcolm7410]

Hey Kevin, great job huge fan! I recently bought a 1978 Camaro z28 as a project. Everyone thinks I made a mistake buying this car seeing how I’m a novice to restoration. What inspirational recommendations do you’ve for me, I need your help. Help, anybody, help, everybody!

[@Josh-wy9ws]

Dont rush into cosmetics and looks, get the car mechanically sound and safe to drive. Start with the motor and drivetrain and any structural body work that needs to be done. Take your time as well, when you disassemble it keep every nut and bolt in separate bags labeled where they went to. It's not fun having hundreds of bolts and no sense of direction on where it came from. Also a rushed and poorly done car can and most likely will result in consequences in the long run

[@myconight]

Hey also, try to start filming what you do as aa hobby, maybe it will turn into something for ya. Then I can honestly say I am your first subscriber! I am cleaning and rearranging my shop to do the same.

[@eastwoodco]

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss an episode of Hands-On Cars with Kevin Tetz and Eastwood.

[@moparman7367]

Just an Opinion but weld through primers tend to melt away ( fumes ) ,best to protect over the welds then seem sealer.

[@stephenlove8067]

Is the paint applied from an air compressor with a air charge cooler superior to a 5 stage paint system or is the only advantage to the air compressor style that it can run other tools?

[@BestUnderPressure]

Can you do this same job with a TIG welder? I understand that it is slower but is that the only reason you wouldn't use it?

[@thederrick1966]

what u going to do where the patch meets the orginal floor to make it seam seamless like u never had to patch it ????

[@shartne]

good show

[@darryl163]

hey Eastwood after I do all my welds on the inside car floor pans do you recommend welding underneath? or just seam sealing underneath than undercoat?

[@eastwoodco]

Can you butt weld the sheet metal seams?

[@nickhansen5386]

I don't know anything about cars, but I want to learn! Is there any books or anything I can read!

[@thickboy3521]

Did he Lap weld or But weld the floor pans in?

[@darryl163]

question you can weld through the rust encapsulater?

[@eastwoodco]

You should remove the Rust Encapsulator before welding. Eastwood offers a Self-Etch Weld-Thru Primer which may fit your needs. Link: www.eastwood.com/ew-self-etching-weld-thru-primer-16-oz-aero.html

[@kevinlovell7030]

I appreciate the video. I have a concern. I am starting my '80 z28 and I need to cut the floor out too along with a quarter, rocker and who knows what else. I have a lift, rotisserie, and chassis jig. I intend to put the shell on the chassis jig, cut and replace anything structural while it is braced on the jig then rotisserie to make sure it is cleaned up. If I find anything that I think is structural it goes back on the chassis jig for cut out and repair. I would think that the floor should be done on a chassis jig so the body doesn't flex when it is removed. Am I overly cautious?

[@Anangrygoose]

bonus points to anyone who can tell me what the hell the metal piece at 1:31 about head level is called. Has the little notches in it. My pan rotted straight through that and I cant tell if its even necessary

[@babysgalore2340]

If its what the subframe bolts to thats called the torque box, it has the little notches at the bottom your talking about the toe board welds to the notches

[@specialk2045]

"That's a Mustang" but does it have a Camaro radio?

[@otsenres1636]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Mechanickirk]

Ridetech 48hr Camaro!!!

[@TheHamadanners]

i know thats a mustang a 1980s mustang at that

[@JoeCnNd]

You'd have made it in the music business only if you didn't have so many mic hand changes.

[@jeffrey4547]

y would u do this when u can get these cars so cheap i have gotten a few of these for free way too much work for one of these i just found three with no rust for parts not one was more then 400 dollars so doing that work is worth 400 or less i would start with a good car first nice job but i would never do this maybe an old camaro like 67 to 69 or my 55 2 door post but that has no rust because i start with a good car the 55 i paid 300 for it and has good body on it no motor or trans or interior

[@jeffrey4547]

food for thought rv motor homes u can get killer motors out of them i have gotten 2 454 strokers 450 hp 485 torque with out dyno if ur real lucky u can get a ls 6 in one but one 454 had 6000 miles on it and the other had 38000 miles on it sold one motor home for 2000 with out motor or trans plus they have a heavy duty 400 turbo stage one shift kit got both for free just hsd to haul of the motor home but just drove them home even have a nice set of rims for a one ton

[@thruitallauto2538]

Why didn't you just put a full floor in it

[@pointmade6945]

this camaro is better for a glam rocker (poser)

[@jamesofallthings3684]

Kevin was a hair metal singer? 🤔