[cruiser_guy]

Originally Posted by Eric Ellis

I don't know how folks are in the rain belt but most I have seen are just having big issues around the body mount and drain area. My paint is actually still excellent but I have a area of about 3 inches around the body mount that needs a patch. Not going for $2000.00 for that. needs to be some smaller production areas I think...my two cents.

Eric, thanks for the comments, that's what's needed since I can talk to Paul face to face right now.

Let me explain our thinking here about why we decided entire floors was best. We thought of that because all trucks will rust a little differently depending on where you are, how the truck is parked etc. etc. In order to avoid the "I needed the floor another 2" larger going in "Y" direction. Why didn't Paul make it larger?" we decided a full floor would be best and based that on what I found for rust when doing my truck and then allowed extra. I found rust at the front body mounts where everyone has it but also at the base of the step up under the rear seat. Check any lap welds and you'll likely find rust unless your truck has been in New Mexico for it's entire life. I've seen floors where the entire floor under the front seat is in rough shape. The first '55 we had didn't have front floors at all! These new floors would include all body mounts and stiffeners (not the hardware, just the sheet metal and steel that is part of the floor and any "captured nuts") attached to the floor both on top and underneath and would have all bends, ribs, lumps and bumps etc. as found from the factory.

I can ask about smaller sections but then we run into the problem of "How much metal do you need?" and trying to produce panels small enough to fix the problem without actually having the truck in hand. I'd think that patch panels would need to be at the buyers risk as far as how large they are since Paul cannot examine each truck. Pricing of course would then vary as well and would not be something where there is a fixed "catalog" price. It very likely will involve sending the section you need cut out of your truck to Paul so he can make it much like was done with the LV parts from "treerootCO" (Mike sent Paul the parts he wanted reproduced, the entire floor, rear tailgate and a few other bits and pieces). I did the same with the rear sill for the LV and I must say it looks good.