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Whats the deal with these floor pans? I got American Designer pans which I knew were good 18 gage material. But now I'm a little miffed, because the flanges where the pans attach to the frame rails turn down instead of turning up like the originals. Now I've got to lug the things into work so I can flatten them and then turn the flange back the way Ford intended. I could just weld them in the way they are now, but that would mean I'd need to plug weld them from under the car. No thanks. Why didn't they just make them bent up, it wouldn't have been anymore trouble to tool?
To add to the confusion, the first pan I bought from a local shop, which I had thought at the time was also Amer. Dsgnr., had the flange up. What the,,,,
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66 C-code convertible
66 C-code coupe
65 GTO hardtop
76 Nova hatchback
To add to the confusion, the first pan I bought from a local shop, which I had thought at the time was also Amer. Dsgnr., had the flange up. What the,,,,
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1575122&a=11977248&p=43129084.jpg
66 C-code convertible
66 C-code coupe
65 GTO hardtop
76 Nova hatchback