Since my interior is currently gutted, do you think i should take the time to clean up the floor pans. I must first say that my floor pans are solid and there is no obvious rust damage, but id like to take this time to take a more thourough look so it doesnt hit me down the road. I was thinking about buying acouple 4 1/2" sanding disk (10 bucks), primer (10 bucks), seam sealer (20 bucks), cheap rust proofer since it isnt bad (30 bucks a gallon), dynatmat(110, might as well :P) and my carpet which i already have...so, i could do it under 200 bucks which seems good to me.. any advice?

 

You aren't going to need a gallon of rust encapsulator. I got a quart from Ace hardware cheap and it covered my whole trunk floor, and I still had about a pint left. The stuff is called Rust-Away. Works great. You probably won't need that much seam sealer either. A can of primer, and maybe two cans of color and you should be good to go.

 

I have a surplus city right down the road and a gallon was the smallest they sold it in i think. Ill take another look and stop at Naylors, but i dotn think we have an Ace hardware here.

Quick question! Why are the plugs in the floor near the rear seat metal instead of rubber?

 

Yes, metal. That is, if you are talking about the oval one. The round plugs to gain access to the seat bolts are rubber.

 

U misread me. Why are they metal? Mine pop whenever you get in the back seat...

 

I just finished welding in new floor pans in my 65, I also found a huge crack cutting across my frame rail --got it all lined up and welded --we'll see what happens.

But about your pans --yes definitely do it, if you don’t have rust now that’s great! But take action and prep it for the long haul while you can. Its easy too --I’m doing it now then throwing the new interior in. I’m just giving another good sand, then sealer, then encapsulate, followed by primer and paint -- will take me one full day --maybe 2, but well worth it while your interior is out --even though the interior really does come out damn easy on the older Mustangs

Anyways --just do some sort of evasive move on the rust --Good luck.