71' Blazer Rust bucket build

[hemi43]

Just curious, but why fix something that is so rotted, when a new floor panel that is as good as original can be had for a reasonable price? I understand if you want to keep it all original, but damn, that's a lot of patches and the inside of the crossmembers will still be rusty.

[richard2717]

Originally Posted by hemi43

Just curious, but why fix something that is so rotted, when a new floor panel that is as good as original can be had for a reasonable price? I understand if you want to keep it all original, but damn, that's a lot of patches and the inside of the crossmembers will still be rusty.

The main purpose of repairing this floor section was to see if i still had the patience and brains to do it before I get back into the main body portions of the 3 blazers & panel truck that i can't buy new parts for. It has been at least 20 years since I last did any metal work of this nature. As far as the cross members the only bad spots I could see were directly below the floor rot and I will be repairing that as well as putting rust neutralizer on it. My labor is the cheapest part of the work. If i had to pay someone..... no it would not happen, but since I can do the work it leaves my money for buying the other major parts that I cant repair like the drive train parts that need restoring.

Richard