I have 4 fox body mustangs, two of which have holes under where the seats are bolted into the car, any suggestions on where to buy new floorpans cheap? I last looked and found them for about 125 a piece. Also, I need suggestions on where to cut and weld, or necessary areas would help, I will have some idea when I actually do it but critical points will be taken into account so I don't end up with a seat on the ground! I also have a smashed front end so the drivers door is a little crooked and out of sync, it has a gap on the top right corner if you are looking at the drivers side, any suggestions as to that? It was a fender bender in the front left and the fender and door have been pushed back, I need some suggestions as to pulling it back and re-aligning everything, tools and whatnot, thanks

 

Alot of it depends on the intentions with the finished car. If you just want to drive it and are not worried about what people see in the mirrors underneath it at a car show. Just cut out the rusted piece and weld in a patch. Even if you have a new floor pan you don't have to used the whole thing. Just cut what you need.

To restore a car, I'd cut the whole pan out. Butt weld in the new one but this is a big job. Subframes are welded to the floor in these cars.

If the accident bent the frame you must get that pulled back into place before you realign everything. Then again, if you just want to drive it. Shim, bend, push things into place, tighten it up and enjoy.

 

Thanks, good point. The 88 was my first car, it has a rebuilt AOD and runs pretty strong with about 176k on it. The radiator support is a little bent but I believe the frame is good, it needs the heads to be redone. I would like to make this a daily driver, well working on other cars. Any suggestions as to if re-doing the heads at 176 k is worth it? I don't want to run into problems on the lower half of the engine but I don't see why there would be anything needed to be done if I rebuild the heads. I was thinking I can just patch the hole and re-do the heads and be on my way, think the heads would be worth doing to keep the engine going for as long as possible? Thanks for all help and suggestions!