The overlaying of the replacement pan into the remaining floorboard, tacking it flush then cutting through it to get rid of the excess flap on the underside of the floor is brilliant. I know there are those who would either not know to cut it off or simply leave it since it was out of sight. Welding up the remaining cut and grinding it smooth completely hides the repair. Thank you for showing us how a pro would do the job. Well done.
Finally an alternative to how everyone else seems to angle grind their floor pan cuts perfectly then weld without any issues. This is very well explained and very do-able. Thanks.
You keep putting out tutorials like this and your gonna put yourself outta business.... very well articulated and easily understood.... you do make it look a whole lot simpler than it is.... i guess that’s called “experience “.... well done sir!!! Keep up the good work
I think when people share, it shows how confident and fearless they are in their own abilities to do great work. And most people would love to have a great restored car but don't have the hand skills or time, so they see Fitzee and know that's the guy for them :)
Actually not everyone could do what he did there, like dude, he shape every corner of the panel by hand and efficiently did that! If someone try to replicate his work there, that person should have the same efficiency and not everyone could do that just by watching tons of tutorial 😂
That's one one countless sad things about the system and how it motivates some people to not help educate the world for the betterment of mankind as a whole.
I've been basically binge watching your videos lately. They're so informative and they're giving me the motivation I need to fix my car. It such a scary thing to start cutting rusty metal off because theres no going back but slowly I am fixing up the body, in part thanks to you.
I found your videos yesterday Fitzee and I've watched three already. With my new headphones on, l feel like I'm right in the shop with you! Thanks for the incredible lessons while only using 'regular' tools. Your videos are INCREDIBLY inspirational!
I love your videos! You make everything look so easy. Also you make the other RU-vid sheet metal replacement guys look like hacks. Thanks for providing great videos and sharing your expertise!
You’re videos are the best, I truly appreciate your time on making these. I need to change floor pans on my 62 impala & you always motivate me when I watch your videos. Thank you
I need to watch your videos every day, because just when I thought I lived long enough to know all the tricks... I learn some really great ones here! Thanks for sharing!
Once again an awseome video Fitzee. Clear, no nonsense, get in there & do it and even though I've done a bit of this stuff - every time I watch one I pick up something. Your filming is also outstanding - we forget about the changing positions, angles, etc. Your video work rivals your metal work! Cheers from Melbourne, Australia.
I really enjoy your videos. I needed them 25 years ago with my 78 Trans Am. I had all the sheetmetal but didn't have the skill. I am doing a square body pickup now that needs almost as much sheetmetal work as the TA needed. I do it to learn more and take pride in doing it. Thank you for your videos and keep them coming.
This is the one I’ve been looking forward to I need to redo the floor pan in my old British Morris You’ve made it very simple for me to feel confident in getting it done Cheers from Australia
Thank you Fitzee for all the detailed information in this procedure. I'm getting ready to do some trunk floor repairs and your video really helped me with my plan. Keep up the awesome work and videos. We enjoy them and look forward to them.
This is great motivation to start working on my 70 LeMans Sport! Thanks for the pointers sir! You are truly talented. Not many have the ability to simplify metal fabrication and tend to over think it!
Fitzee, thanks for showing us your tips and tricks! I have a 78 Camaro that I am going to work on this summer! I needs driver’s quarter panel replaced! Now I have the confidence to tackle it! Great job on the floor pan!
I’m just about to do this on my HJ45 and this is a great help Fitzee. Love your work mate and thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and helping to keep thousands of old classics on the road mate. Cheers
This is inspiring me as I have the 5 pieces from Kramer for the floor on my '62 Polara 500 but am intimidated by it having never really welded sheet metal. Watching you stitch weld with the mig is an education. Thank you for these terrific posts.
Thanks for showing how it's done and explaining why you do it this way or that way for best results. The best how to for body work that I've found! Much appreciated. I slipped with the angle grinder and cut the back off my short wheel base Nissan patrol, soon to be a single cab ute. The wagon was rusty, following your videos I think I'll get it done. Cheers
Fitzgerald you are amazing! Using basic tools, used sheet metal and common practical sense you are a true craftsman that I would like my grandsons meet.
Did this same job some years back. Wish I had seen this video before then!. Appreciate your lesson in making it a lot easier then I found it to be , LOL ..Thank you
I'm restoring my 65 Mercury maurader and these videos are a god send for me. I've been using the tips I am learning here and the results are fantastic. Keep them coming!
His simple common sense ways of doing things is just excellent & motivational to me. Even though I am new to car body fabrication & welding....he makes it so easy to get stuff done. You can go out & spend tons of money on tools & equipment....but Fitzee makes using simple tools to do his work just smart. He needs to come up with his own video tape series.....it'll blow Eastwood out the water. Thanks Fitzee!
I used to restore cars as a hobby when I was younger, I am looking to fine tune my welding and panel fitting skills. Your videos are very well done and very well explained. My last car had a lot of rust and I replaced many spots with replacement panels. Some of the rust still came back, now I am planning to redo my car and your videos are great for filling in some blanks. Thanks for sharing your fount of knowledge :).
Great video again! Thank you for taking the time to show us this! I'm currently working on my 61 Falcon. Putting in through the floor subframe connectors then doing the floor pans out of sheet metal!
I enjoyed watching your videos. You make things simple to understand. I've learned more from watching your videos than any other videos that I have watched. I would love to see your techniques to install a quarter panel. I'm sure everyone could learn a lot from watching.
Just about to attempt this on a 75 nova I recently purchased. Ive subscribed to your channel a while back, because your videos are worth watching. I'm too old to start buying new tooling to do the work required on this car,but I do have a lot of what I've seen you use. So I'll use the knowledge you so graciously supply and fix up a classic little daily driver in my driveway
Years ago I "welded" in some floor pans on my MGB, and they look terrible. Now, years later I see how they were supposed to be done. At least they are still in good shape and I have lots of metal left along the edges. Now I can weld them in properly thanks to your video. Thanks so much for putting these out for us.
Instead of me actually going out in the garage and working on my project car, I just watch Fitzee ... Much more satisfying results and another way to delay mine! 🤓. 🤦♂️
I do this kind of work too. It's nice to see someone else doing it the way it should be done. I hate seeing panels lapped. I'm working on a 1969 Camaro RS SS that someone else has ruined. It takes a lot of patience doing this kind of work. I feel your pain brother.
I have learned soo much from you. I'm getting ready to start a project on a 73 mustang that is going to involve quite a lot of sheet metal work. I'm a mechanic but no body man and frankly I'm a little nervous about it. I feel much more confident after watching your butt welding techniques. I'm ready to buy a welder and start practicing. Please keep these videos coming with as much detail as possible and plenty more examples of how to butt weld. You are awesome, and yes, I can understand every word you say!!! :)
this method you use is fantastic, im sure you'll be aware that many will not go to such extent to repair panels, thats their loss, i'll be doing this every time i do a panel, thanks
Heck Fitzee, You taught this 0l man alot of things too. I've been restoring 0l' Model "A's" since back in the late sixties now. and still, building certain projects I like. I am building right now on a 1973 c-60 2-ton truck which is in really good shape for the age. just some minor repairs are needed. BUT, you have shown me several GOOD SHORT CUTs in your videos. I'm trying to watch ALL of the Body Panels Building 0nes to see IF You can Teach this 0l' Man a Trick or Two. You HAVE. And, My HAT is OFF to YOU, SIR
Thanks mate! I really prefer watching someone like yourself rather than one of the shows that use high dollar, state of the art, EXPENSIVE equipment that MOST folks don't have in their garage...and most likely never will. All we need are some basic metal working tools, a little self confidence, and we can make repairs like this ourselves. Thanks again my friend, good stuff! 👍 👍
THANK YOU YOU have by far the VERY BEST videos really liked how you explain everything as you go . you have great audio. i'm replacing half floor pans on the wifes 72 mustang, you showed me several things i had been wondering about. you know when ya wake up at 2am and have to go look at something or take a measurement . then when ya come back in from the garage wife says have you been out there looking at the car AGAIN ? THANKS again you do GREAT WORK , GREAT TEACHER Liked the video of putting the gas door in the pick up bed.
Well, that’s some great inspiration for future projects! I hope someday soon to graduate from fixing shellac and wood to fixing metal. Great instructional!
"Like opening up a can of sardines." You and I might be the only two who remember opening up a can with the key. Glad to see at least you wear hearing protection. As with all of your videos, good stuff and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Im dropping a 1940 dodge fargo onto a 1998 dakota extra cab 4x4 chassic going to use your videos to help me on my way it will end up being a 1940 fargo extra cab long term project great tips once agian total love the way you take your time to explain things better to do it right and look good
Boy, this brings back memories of restoring B & E body MOPARS in my younger years. They had great drive lines, but were rust buckets; particularly around the windows. Once they got the brown body cancer, it spread like wildfire and difficult to stop regardless of how many patch panels installed.
I've always said those who are good, do. Those who are great, teach. Those who can't, criticize. This is something that I have to do to my hotrod, and now I'm confident enough to try it. Thank you Fitzee.
Great vid Fitzee, great editing. I envy all the lads getting your excellent guidance I grew up with Hot Rod Magazine how -to's with pictures and sketchy details leaving out 80% of the subtle details.
I did my first body repair two days ago using your tricks. I think it saved me a lot of time and gave me confidence. Thanks a lot of sharing, very useful for non-pro as myself. I like your keep it simple way. Cheers from france.
@@australianoz Renault Express 1.2 ahah, behold Mustang ! Other than that I have work to do on my trusty Peugeot J9. Good luck with your project, I wish you a good bargain.
I wish I had seen this video 20 years ago..... I hate doin floors... got a camaro in the barn I may have to give it another shot..... Thank you so much. Indiana USA
Great reading all the comments on this one, such a massive range of vehicles people have that you've inspired to crack on with. Mines a 1988 2cv with Bluetooth floors!
Nice work, and a good quality aftermarket panel too. BTW - Isn't it funny how most of us NEVER use the stitch features on our MIG welders!? My main unit has a plethora of stitch types and timings, but the knob got knocked off from nearly new, some 20yrs ago!! I've never missed it(yet).Even the pre and post gas flow settings have never moved!!! I also have a cheap little 130amp welder I bought 30yrs ago for bodywork that has a cheapo torch(non Euro/dinze) and it has mechanical gas and trigger switches in the torch that you can feel when the gas valve opens, and the power/feed switch close, so you can do pre/post gas flow timings directly on the trigger. Keep safe and well.
Hello, I really like your channel. I started to watch with your oldest videos first. I just got my first angle grinder, and I bought a Ridgid Metal Cutting Diamond Blade 4.5 inch for the hardware store. It says it's life is 100 times that of a regular cut off wheel. So far I have tried it out once on a 7/16 - 14 x 3 grade 8 bolt, it went through the threads to cut it down like butter. ( So far I am up to your May 18, 2020 video. )
Nice work Fitzee. (Coming from an old body man myself lol) Two tools that i find very helpful are a "crud thug "wire brush wheel from snap on. Takes off the light rust,seam sealer,under coat etc quickly. Also snap on blue point makes a flush cutting hole saw for the plug welds that you just center punch so it doesn't walk (saves the 1/8 drilling. As a benefit it cleans most of the weld thru primer on the inner panel once you punch thru the panel. Nothing makes my welds worse thank the weld thru primer. I'm now stuck with bronze and laser welding new cars in the shop. Gotta find a job in a restoration shop! Lol
Edward Dolbaum I've been trying to learn to like weld through primer on repairs, using it on the pinch welds. Even after cleaning out the bottom of the hole the welder will make the dirty weld sound sometimes. I''ve been getting best results with SEM Copperweld. Do you favor a particular brand?
Great job this i just ran across today and i like your work. I've got a 66 Skylark I'm working on and i have to replace floor pan in and this is good to see how you did it. The one thing i didn't understand is why you didn't use a copper backup when plug welding. Thanks
Thx for the great instruction Fitzee! Just happen to be doing this to a Nova myself. If you get a chance would love to your skills applied to the cowl/vents and firewall. Keep up the great work.
good job first youtube video i have seen that really shows what it takes to do the job right i do the same thing on a daily basics i really like your work
