Over view of the passenger side floor after the initial cutting too place. The floor is out but the Torque box, inner rocker panel and toe pan is still in tact. Note my favorite tools for the job, the air chisel and gloves. Remember to wear your goggles for this job as well as a respirator , the airborne crud is horrible. I also left the garage door open and ran the fan to clear the air.

 

Closer look at the front section of the passenger floor w/o the pan. Note the holes in the conv floor pan reinforcement from drilling out the spot welds in the seat risers. I am rosette welding from both the top and bottom for re-installation. Note a nicer cut than the driver side floor pan.

Here you can see a close up of the rear passenger side floor. The area on the rocker panel that goes from blue to rust is the line where the previous owner welded in a make shift floor pan over the existing ones thus creating the mess I'm having to repair today. I've heard that the original rocker panels and frame rails were galvanized and welding these ruined the rust proof effect. Through the hole you can see a pile of rust, wear a respiration mask for this job along with Good ventilation.

Close-up of the toe pan/torque box area where it meets the floor (hole).

Rotated shot of the above picture showing the inner rocker panel. If you look closely at the inner rocker panel, you can see where I cut the rocker panel every foot or so to aid in the removal of the rusty metal (air cut off saw).

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