Nissanguy Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I've picked up a 1978 B210 GX. Motor turns by hand, 5 speed tranny. those are the plusses, lol. the floor panels are scrap front to back. I looked at some fab'd up repair panels, but I just don't see paying what they want for them. I am thinking I'll hand fab the panels (I have a pretty good automotive back ground) but wanted to get some feedback to see if anyone here has done this and could provide anything I should be looking out for during the process. thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbin Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 If you have a welder and a bead roller no problem you can do it. If your like me with no bead roller or shrinker/stretcher, you can still do it, with bed angle irons as a sheet metal break, various hammers and heavy things for dollies. Check out Lego's 71 510 wagon thread in Project Datto, he 3D printed dies for his rear floor. I'd also suggest watching Fitzee's Fabrication and this You Tube playlist, but I watch is muted because I don't understand the language. My thread is call Rust Revival and I've been learning as I go. Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 (edited) 12 hours ago, Nissanguy said: I've picked up a 1978 B210 GX. Motor turns by hand, 5 speed tranny. those are the plusses, lol. the floor panels are scrap front to back. I looked at some fab'd up repair panels, but I just don't see paying what they want for them. I am thinking I'll hand fab the panels (I have a pretty good automotive back ground) but wanted to get some feedback to see if anyone here has done this and could provide anything I should be looking out for during the process. thanks in advance. Are you looking for "looks original" or just "I can't see the road"? Because frankly the old school way was just get some sheet steel and weld it in. I've been in more than one car with floor pans courtesy of Maytag. And I fixed the completely missing floors in my 1200 (very similar to the B210) with just welding in sheet metal a bit at a time. Edited January 9 by Dguy210 Quote Link to comment
roadkill2525 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 I've still got the shell of my wrecked '78 B210, floors are solid and willing to cut them out. 2 Quote Link to comment
EDM620 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 On 1/8/2025 at 7:46 PM, Rustbin said: because I don't understand the language Well Fitzee is a Newfie 😁 but he is very skilled at re-creating profiles with only basic tools. On 1/8/2025 at 7:53 PM, Dguy210 said: Are you looking for "looks original" or just "I can't see the road"? Because frankly the old school way was just get some sheet steel and weld it in. I've been in more than one car with floor pans courtesy of Maytag. I fabbed my 620 floor pans before I knew of Fitzee, ended up re-doing them as my original metal was too thin. I didn't have means to bead the panels so I welded some 1/4" angle to create the stiffening. If I were to re-do it all again, I'd just buy the new stampings. Maybe that would justify buying a bead roller except for no room to store it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rustbin Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 9 hours ago, EDM620 said: Well Fitzee is a Newfie 😁 but he is very skilled at re-creating profiles with only basic tools. Um I was talking about the B210 playlist I posted the link to, I listen to Fitzee so I can learn Newfie. My wife who's from Nova Scotia says it's almost like listening to a Caper cause a Caper is just a Newfie who missed the boat. 1 Quote Link to comment
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