I am trying to fit the car together and I am having a problem with the clearance between the front floor pan and the frame, it is a new brooksville subframe and floor pan and with the wood blocks in place the edges of the floor pan rest on top of the frame which is straight . If it needs shims what type of space do I want between the floor and frame? Thanks Dale
29 roadster floor pan?
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d.j. moordigian
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Dale,
I assume you're talking about the pan under the front seat riser? Are you dropping
it in from the top? Photos?
Dudley
I assume you're talking about the pan under the front seat riser? Are you dropping
it in from the top? Photos?
Dudley
d.j. moordigian
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My pan measures about .550"-.575"...top to bottom. My car is dismantled and not
on the frame.
Silly question,..is the body centered?
Here is a thread on the rubber pads.........28/29 front body block pads......
Let me know..
on the frame.
Silly question,..is the body centered?
Here is a thread on the rubber pads.........28/29 front body block pads......
Let me know..
Thank You for the reply, here are some more photos I hope showing what I am questioning and unsure even if I have a problem or not, thanks I did look at the link and the rubber may take up some gap but if everything was bolted tight even including the splash pans the bottom of the floor pan would be tight to the top of the frame. I would think I would need maybe another 1/2" shimming to have some room between the body and frame then will that make my hood, cowl, radiator off up front?
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d.j. moordigian
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Is you pan a repop? My pan is an original, the figure I gave you is total height, not
depth. Looks like the pan is already riveted in?
Don't forget the frame welt....ya I know it's only.062"..(1/16") + the shields+ the
rubber pads and the blocks.
Put the welting on the frame with the blocks and rubber pads(maybe the shields also),
then see were are you? I'm with you on the radiator, hood, cowl..
Whadaya think..
*ericr..I checked my blocks against eeyore #6 photo. They look close, I used calipers.*
depth. Looks like the pan is already riveted in?
Don't forget the frame welt....ya I know it's only.062"..(1/16") + the shields+ the
rubber pads and the blocks.
Put the welting on the frame with the blocks and rubber pads(maybe the shields also),
then see were are you? I'm with you on the radiator, hood, cowl..
Whadaya think..
*ericr..I checked my blocks against eeyore #6 photo. They look close, I used calipers.*
The subframe and floor pan are from brooksville and put together by them, I am questioning how much space is normal between the frame and let's say the bottom of the floor pan on a 29 roadster? If the floor sits on the top of the frame ok but I am trying to do the best I can and learn when I need to ask a question when something doesn't seem to fit right. Thanks for the ideas so for. Dale
d.j. moordigian
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Dale,
I don't know how much space there is...but I do know the the pan doesn't touch
or rest on the frame, as in photo #1. To simulate, fit and adjust, I still think you need
the rest of the parts(rubber & welt and maybe the shields) to fit the body to the frame.
I don't know how much space there is...but I do know the the pan doesn't touch
or rest on the frame, as in photo #1. To simulate, fit and adjust, I still think you need
the rest of the parts(rubber & welt and maybe the shields) to fit the body to the frame.