pete44

Hello again...Have a 76 that I need floor pans replaced..Had a vette restorer tell me that to do it right you have to take body off frame...(Whew!)...I know I have a couple of busted body mounts and a radiator support that need replacing...How Much Cost and trouble???...Unfortunately,I do not have the equipment or man power to do this task......

Thanks,Pete

BenUK

I'm in the middle of a frame-off with my own '76.

Cost: Not that much. I'm into this for about $1100 so far, plus the cost of painting the chassis and components. I'm lucky that not much of my car needed any serious work though. About $200 of that cost is for new bumper attachment hardware, and a few other bits of non-vital stuff.

Difficulty: It's really not that hard. Honestly. I'm doing it at home in my garage and I don't have any great skills. I'm documenting it as I go in a thread on the UK Club forum:
http://www.corvetteclub.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5429
Have a read through that and see if it's something you could do. Work has prevented me doing much on it over the last couple of months, but I got the body lifted off the chassis just two weeks after beginning the project, working some evenings each week.

Replacing the floor pans is something I don't fancy doing though, but only because I don't want to disturb the interior at this stage.

pete44

Ben..thanks for the reply...nice car and pics..what cost you $1100...you said $200 went to some parts..my car is worse shape..Are the body mounts on body fiberglass?...2 of mine will have to be re-glassed if that is the case...Anyone else please chime in..Thanks Pete

NBC3

Will this help?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...nt+replacement
CHeck down the page a ways for a diagram of the mounts and where they are located. Everything I have read says that they can be replaced one at a time by lifting the body with jacks in a sequential manner as you go.
Bst of luck. Its my next job too!

BenUK

Hi Pete,

Here's a brief list of the significant things I bought for my body-off project:

trailing arm bushes, shims, bolts and pins
one rear brake rotor
handbrake cable boots/seals
diff seals, yokes, circlips, bush etc. $320
body mount reinforcement cups
body mount kit (bolts, rubbers, bushes etc.) $250
stainless brake and fuel lines and new clamps, bolts & junction blocks
splash shield seals
bumper attachment hardware (front + rear) $200
body lift straps $85
speed bleeders $54

There was lots of other stuff but these are the biggest bits. I used Paragon for the majority of them and I was very impressed. The brake and fuel lines I bought from Inline Tube in MI.

The biggest danger of tackling a job like replacing the floor pans is the "while I'm at it" syndrome. What could be a simple, quick job becomes long and expensive because you want to do more than you need to while you've got the opportunity.