symonds86

i pulled the nasty carpet out of my stang, got tol looking at the floor pans and was very happy that they were completely rust free. then i see a crack bout two inches long just behind where the front of the seat bolts. so right under the seat about and inch in from outside. then i see its on both sides. is this a normal thing to happen on these cars? the rest of the car is solid, it had sf connectors when i bought it maybe this is y?

Shelty

Ive heard of it happening before.

you can weld the cracks.

symonds86

yea thats my plan just kinda strange i thought, o well

mjr46

my 89 and 85 both had cracked floor pans...not uncommon

uedlose

Very common. I have fixed a good many. I seen a T -top car split all the way cross before only thing holding it together was the rockers and they was starting to crack also. all and the metal bands they pop riveted to the floor ROFLMA some girl owned it I was looking to buy it she asked me if I wanted to take it for a ride LOL. I told her no way in hell I was gone to drive that car. it was only a good parts car

projectresto83

Yup, it happens. Be sure to throw some paint on it when you fix it so it doesn't start to rust. The SSP's had floor pan reinforcements so that didn't happen.

symonds86

aw ok thanks for the info looks like mine isnt to bad yet then. time to break out the welder, glad the carpet looked so bad that i tore it out

raftdaddy

make sure you use sub frames with seat brakets after ya weld them

symonds86

i guess i donno what those are?

Shelty

like max. motorsports subframes, they have a crossbrace that bolts to the rear seat bolts and intersect the subrame, tying in the whole bottom of the car