Blazer Bed Floor Replacement

[Chad22873]

Thanks for all the info. I got the bed floor cut out today and now just trying to clean things up so I can see how much of the inner bedside flanges that I need to cut out and redo. They are all pretty rough. I am going to finally start posting pics tomorrow. It's deer season here so that's gonna eat up some of my time.

[jaros44sr]

Originally Posted by Chad22873

Thanks for all the info. I got the bed floor cut out today and now just trying to clean things up so I can see how much of the inner bedside flanges that I need to cut out and redo. They are all pretty rough. I am going to finally start posting pics tomorrow. It's deer season here so that's gonna eat up some of my time.

It would be simple to get a sheet metal shop to bend that flange on some sheet metal, how's your welding skills. Save as many Crossville as you can, but they are all available if you need some

[Chad22873]

Ya that's what I was thinking. I just need to find a shop to do it. We live in SE Kansas so sheet metal shops are hard to find. But they are simple flanges. So I will start looking. I don't have the stuff to do it anymore. My welding skills are good. I have spent most of my life welding. Most of it hasn't been sheet metal tho. Adjusting to that really hasn't been a big deal. The mechanical side of things is fairly simple for me as well. I have built lots of engines and trannys over the years. Where I really lack is in the are of body work and painting. I have done a little of all of it but not enough to really say I know what I am doing. I would love to lean on you guys for help in that area. I would really like to do it all myself. I need to learn more about all the different painting stages and when to sand and what kind of primers, etc to use.

[Chad22873]

So I finished cutting out the bed floor today. Jaros asked for pics so I took a few today and have some of my rocker work from a few weeks ago but they are on my phone and I will post them later. The PO worked hard on this truck to cover up all the rust he could. I found that half the floor was rusted out and fiberglassed over. If you look you can see a silver vinyl strip that runs along the bottom of the body panels. Guess what it was covering? The bumpers that he put on this thing were gigantic. Took me 4 hours to get them off. As you can see from these bed pics the inner flanges are toast. The only cross sill that's any good is the one I left and it's just ok. My question for you guys is do you think I can pull it out without adding any temporary support? I am going to try to put a new floor in and not take the sides off. This blazer is a 70, was built in St Louis, was originally yellow and has a 4 spd manual. The motor you see is the only thing that's not original. It's a 327. Thought I would mention all that considering this is my first time to post pics.

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