1957 country sedan build

[1930artdeco]

Floor pan

[1930artdeco]

Inner rocker

[mustang6984]

Go to Fitzee fabrications dot com
The man is a wizard and he has all sorts of videos that will help you make anything you want. And make it simple as slicing cake.
Enjoy...and warning...his videos are enticing and addictive. He is Newfoundland Canada.

[lalessi1]

Scroll through djfordmanjack's posts in "Project Builds". It is about 6 builds down and 70 pages long. He shows a lot of metal work projects from scratch with a high level of skill and ingenuity.

[RICH MUISE]

Having an anvil helps, or a length of heavy tubing to form over. Some of the parts I had to make, I made a wooden buck/form for. The wood has to be strong enough of course to withstand some beating with the hammer. Oak is what I used. I use to find wooden pallets made from oak, sometimes a 4x4 for runners!

[1930artdeco]

I have seen Fitzee before and he is neat to watch. I will see about some more vids. I have seen some of DJ's build and will have to dig to see if has any pics of where I am going to be working.

[djfordmanjack]

Mike I have just seen and replied to your pm.

here are some areas on my CS build thread.

some work on the pssgr rocker.

https://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=6705.180

and pssgr side toe board/ A post floor brace

https://57fordsforever.com/smf/index.php?topic=6705.135

hope this helps. Guenther

[1930artdeco]

Here is where I stand so far.
1) The kick panel I believe curves out at the bottom covering the front top of the rocker panel correct?

2) Looking at Guenther's rocker repairs it looks like I can cut out most of the top of the outer rocker panel (the hatched area). If I leave about an inch front, outside, and rear I should not have to brace the body. Is this correct thinking?


If I understand the order correctly it should go like this (for the rockers/floor pans at least):
-The inner rocker fits into the outer rocker panel.
-Then the floor pans sit on top of the inner rocker 'flange'

Am I correct in my order for replacement?

Thanks,

Mike

[1930artdeco]

OK, I welded in one of my patches at the A pillar, I am still waiting to weld in the other two patches-but that will have to wait. I was cleaning the toe board and punched a hole in it. I tried to clean the rust up and the hole kept getting bigger and I went $%^$#%^%$^. So I ordered a new one and am waiting on it to arrive. Oh well.

My new question is how to weld this in. I am looking at the car and it appears to need to be welding in in this sequence: Toe board first, then inner rocker panel lip and finally floorboard. Is this correct?

Mike

[Ford Blue blood]

I believe the floor pan goes in under the toe board and on top of the inner rocker.  Been a couple of days since I did the Ranchero floors/toe/kick area so it is foggy.

[terry_208]

I don't know the correct way but when I did mine, I put the toe board under the floorboard. My thinking is that if it were the other way the floorboard  would act like a scoop when driving through water.

[mustang6984]

You want a pic of the original? My floor in my Fairlane has not been removed yet, and is factory. I can shoot a pic and post it for you.

[RICH MUISE]

I think I did floorboard over toeboard, so the toeboard supports the floor. Like Terry, not 100% sure on the factory way, but that was my way of thinking.

[1930artdeco]

Hugh, that would be great-thank you. In my car at least the floor pan went over the toe board. I am just not sure about the inner rocker panel lip.

Terry-That is my thinking as well, this way it won't trap water/salt/dirt etc.

[mustang6984]

I am heading down to the shop now to work on the SVO. I'll shoot the pic and post it tonight. No problem. Glad to help.