What Gauge Sheet Metal For Floor Pans

6 then seal the seam with sealer.

What gauge sheet metal for floor pans. Using little more than a sheet of 16 gauge steel and some hand tools we recreated the floor pans including the ribs where needed. When i did my floor pans on some spots that needed filling with sheet metal i used 18 gauge metal it was the same thickness as the floor pans. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. 2 shape it to the original floor pan.

4 set it in place with a 1 4 overlap. Material costs were cheap less than 50 and we picked up. Any time i wanted to use the spot welders at the tool n die shop i worked at during the 1980s when i miced the thickness it was usually right at 050 thick. Classic industries offers a wide selection of body panels for your 1964 ford falcon.

I am thinking of using 20guage or 22guage sheet metal. 1964 ford falcon parts floor pans. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. 3 drill holes through the new floor pan every 1 around the perimeter.

5 fill the holes with a burst of mig. I disagree almost all the sheet metal on a 55 57 is 18 gauge or about 048 thick. Does this sound good. 1 cut the sheet metal to size.

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