Floor edge repair panels. Options

[beltwerks]

Was it possible to buy just the outer floor edge repair panels in the past, say the 1990's.?
The car i have just started to investigate has butt welds along both driver and passenger sides, poorly excuted though.! The sections are ribbed indicating they are bought panels.

There is also a crease/ raised section on the long, not sure how that happened. ?

Any of you long term restorers know if you could buy these floor edge pieces way back ?

Here's a couple of pictures.

Many thanks.
Dave

[rjames]

Don't think you could buy just the outer edge. Looks like they tried to take what they thought was the easier route of patching in just part of the floor. Doable, but clearly they didn't do a very good job.

[Jack Standz]

Doesn't, look like a repair panel.

Have you carefully looked for evidence of an accident? The crease looks like a hydraulic ram was used to push the long outwards. Is there a similar mark on the other side?

Good luck with your project!

[Root_Werks]

If the floor section is cheap enough, could buy one and cut out just the section needed.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)

[beltwerks]

The outer longs are solid and i can clearly see they have been replaced. I will be unpicking them to sort out the poor quality work. I knew what i was getting myself into with this one. There is no evidence of an accident as yet. Floor looks super straight and the edge repair is same on the drivers side. The metal guy wouldn't be the first to buy a whole panel and just use the edge sections, make's sense if cheap enough.

[TMM914]

Yes I have seen this before…….as in before we had the availability of all the replacement panels to do the job correctly.I would keep chasing both ends of the welds they will tell the story. In the mid 1980s….yes the Canadian 914s were already toast by then! I purchased from AA a pair of completely harvested longitudinal from the door post to the rear shock tower and the portion of the floor you have in your pics. We then went about installing the complete long and mating the floor similar to yours. Although I no longer own the car it is still on the road.Have fun uncovering the secrets of 50 plus years of previous owners repairs……..when done correctly the car will repay you 10 fold! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[Literati914]

The welds are not ideal, BUT if it's a driver, a car you plan to keep and drive hard as often as possible or even just a daily driver - the welds there do not need to be pretty. I mean it looks like the welder just didn't go back and knock the welds down to me. That might be fine for a certain class of car tbh. Also, there is an argument to be made that butt weld left alone are stronger (something I've read in the past I believe).. no biggie as long as they are thoroughly done and solid. jmho.

If it's a car you plan on selling eventually then fix it right or be prepared to divulge this to the seller and maybe expect to sell for a little less, imho.