BenJammin Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Finally got around to removing the tar mat / sound-deadening material on the floorboards of my '72 240Z (I'm in a slow 'as I get around to it' strip down phase ) Just fyi, I was seriously discouraged by a '65 Mustang fastback project years ago that just was one layer of rust after another (but that car was from New York). But with my 240Z (Cali car from day one), I was pleasantly surprised... Yeah, looks worse in the pic than it really was, see next -> and just after hitting the driver side a few seconds with the wire wheel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Consider me jealous. Hopefully though by year's end, I'll be able to post similar pictures... I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenJammin Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 After looking at this a little closer, that firewall transition is a bit too pitted for me to leave alone. Gonna work it down with a grinder and see how it looks. May have to cut & patch - more pics later. My signature really says it all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I hate you. lol wish my car had floor pans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Havent done mine yet but from the way it looks from missing pieces that i chiped off, it looks better than the pics above. lol. j/k. But i have dents here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimal310 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Doode wtf, is my old 73 Z the only Z with rotted out floors in California!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X64v Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Doode wtf, is my old 73 Z the only Z with rotted out floors in California!!! Nope, mine too. My '73 was SoCal only straight from the boat 'til 1997 (when I moved it to AZ) and both floor pans have holes the size of my fist. But it sat for 16 years so that may be why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenJammin Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Fyi, I did end up cutting out a small section where I had some pitting. Grinding down the pitted parts looked okay, but I was able to punch thru it pretty easily when I was done with a center punch. Funny, the piece I cut out was 'whole' but it felt and bent like a piece of thin aluminum ! Was porous and thin after the grinding. As I said before, will post some pics when done. I'm not as fast or motivated as some others here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cali260Z Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Fyi, I did end up cutting out a small section where I had some pitting. Grinding down the pitted parts looked okay, but I was able to punch thru it pretty easily when I was done with a center punch. Funny, the piece I cut out was 'whole' but it felt and bent like a piece of thin aluminum ! Was porous and thin after the grinding. As I said before, will post some pics when done. I'm not as fast or motivated as some others here. yeup that sheet metal isnt very thick, im doing the same rust removal process right now. and i too was amazed how thin the sheet metal seems to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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