Re: Floor & Seatbelt Prices...

["Kirk Russell" <krussell@compassnet.com>]

I am currently undertaking replacing my floor.  Their are pans available I
think they are around 150 a side.  I am cheap and hard headed so I made my
own out of a sheet of 18 gauge sheet metal it was $32.  I started by cutting
out the rotten floor but leaving the tunnel. I then made cardboard templates
for the floor.  I placed in the sheet metal and traced off the factory
supports and then removed so I could drill 5/16 holes so they would sit on
the lip of the rails.  These were spaced about 1 a inch and are so you can
go back and spot weld it in place.  I then welded up the seem between the
tunnel and the pan.  This process has taken me far longer than I could have
imagined but it is coming along nicely.  My tunnel is also rotted in the
front so I plan to roll a new one with clearance for a Toyota transmission
 I am putting in a Toyota power train Eventually).  Try to leave the seat
support because it is impossible or at least very hard to duplicate.
 If I had the money and could go back I would have just bought the pans.
my 2 cents  Kirk

-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan Hendler <equant@azstarnet.com>
To: Metropolitan Mailing List <metropolitan@listserv.azstarnet.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 7:43 PM
Subject: Floor & Seatbelt Prices...


>
>I was wondering if I could get some opinions about what I should expect to
>pay...
>
>My Met needs to have it's floors repaired.  There are two small rust holes
>in the pasenger side, and if I gave them a swift kick it'd easily become
>one large rust hole.  Can anyone give me an idea of what I should expect
>to pay?  Maybe a best-case -> worse-case price range?  I just want to make
>sure I have an idea before I go looking for someone to do the work, I
>don't want to get screwed, and I don't want it done cheaply either.
>
>Also, any ideas on how much it should cost to get seat-belts installed?
>Any tips on what I should ask for, like a particular style of seatbelts or
>method of instalation (safetly being the concern <duh>).
>
>Thanks,
>Nathan
>
>