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Topic: floor lump
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nickmobile67
Journeyman Posts: 62
From: NJ
Registered: May 2003
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posted 10-07-2003 02:24 PM
   
I was vacuuming out my 67 today and I noticed something funny for the first time. In the drivers side floor there seems to be a high spot in the floor where the frame rail is. I have had the car for 5 years and it has been garage kept at least by me and the previous owner. It is not rusty, and I crawled undernieth but didn't see anything wrong or rusty. I guess I have nothing to worry about, I guess maybe it just sags a little from being old?
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grandestang
Gearhead Posts: 195
From: Lake Bluff, Illinois USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-07-2003 03:22 PM
Is it just a little lump? Cause I would try pulling back the carpet if it is, to see if anyting is there. This last summer I too was vacuuming out the car and noticed a bump in the backseat carpeting. I go frustrated with it so I pulled back the carpet and insulation and found a window crank, there from the factory. Maybe in some factory worker's haste he put down the carpet without checking to see if anyting was there, well now I have an extra window crank  It was there so long though that the carpet is still as an "empty" lump in it. Paul ------------------
1970 Grande
H code 351W FMX
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1697
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-08-2003 08:18 AM
I was replacing the carpet in my '67, there was a spring about an inch in diameter and 2 inches long under the underlayment, I used a razor blade to slice the underlay and removed the spring. The spring has square wire, don't think it goes to a Mustang, probably a tool at the factory????------------------
Stuart
MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed, 351W,
Edelbrock Performer RPM package my photo page
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nickmobile67
Journeyman Posts: 62
From: NJ
Registered: May 2003
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posted 10-08-2003 10:02 AM
Actually I noticed a dip, a low spot right below the gas pedal, but then I realized it was actually a high spot, almost directly above the frame rail, and it just made the spot between there and the trans hump look low. I think the carpet was replaced by a po, so I doubt there is a nos window crank under there. I think it's the floor, should I worry?
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lreeder
Journeyman Posts: 83
From: Houston, TX 77090
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-08-2003 10:17 AM
I'd pull the carpet back and see how it looks on the inside. When I bought my 67, the floorpans looked fine from underneath the car. It was a whole different story one I removed the carpet.
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nickmobile67
Journeyman Posts: 62
From: NJ
Registered: May 2003
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posted 10-09-2003 10:25 PM
I guess the best thing I could do would be to just get in there to take a closer look. I just went out there, but I can't pull the carpet back too far without taking out the kick panel. Hopefully after work tommorow I'll have time to check it out and post what I find. I see some thick rubber under the carpet on the toeboard, so it's probably over the floor aswell. Should pull up easy after the carpet is up. I can pull up the edge of that too, and the floor on the toeboard looks real good. Must have been redone at one time. Anyway, post tommorrow hopefully. :/
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nickmobile67
Journeyman Posts: 62
From: NJ
Registered: May 2003
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posted 10-10-2003 07:00 PM
Well, I just checked it out. I found a previous owners repair, basically a patch of sheet metal screwed to the floor, but no signs of any (remaining) rust. I don't really know what to think about this. I suppose I can't complain, I could have found much worse. At least it looks like someone did a half decent job of repairing it. At least I know what I've got. :/
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adragon8u
Gearhead Posts: 795
From: oceano, Ca. USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 10-10-2003 07:03 PM
I don't even have carpet  yet
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