I was talking to Andrew (2qwik2c) about finding a parts car that was a bench seat and would have an intact floor to donate a piece to close up the hole where my automatic shifter used to sit. I was thinking rather than just dealing with him privately, I'd post up here showing the area that needs to be closed up on a 4 speed conversion.
Apparently the floor needs to extend in about another 1" inch inside the perimeter edge of the factory 4 speed hump in the picture, if you know what I mean.
-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Thursday 6th of December 2012 02:00:58 AM
Carl, why not just make a piece up & weld it in??? Your going to have to weld in a org. pc. anyway & either way it's "patched" [ no disrespect] & you won't be held up while your "on a roll"!!!!
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Just like Pete said. Why not make the piece out of cardboard first and then cut it out of tin and weld it in? Anything you get from another car will take time to clean up and cut to shape anyway. Just thinking out loud....
I would do it, and will do it that way if I have to. However, I did this exact same thing on my Acadian and it's not just a simple "tube" shape that's easy to bend. If you look in the middle of the area I need to do, you see it has a bit of step up about 3" from the back. That is not that easy to make because you have to roll the "tube" and also put that step in it. I don't have much for metal fab equipment at home. It would do a lot nicer job with the correct shape piece.
But, if I have to.....
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Ok, I just looked at what you are explaining and now understand how much would be involved. Looks like a tough piece to bend. Agree that it would do a nicer job with the correct piece.
Carl can you give me a reference point to measure from to where you need to end up under the hump? I will check the parts biscayne and make sure it wasn't cut out to far back.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
Carl can you give me a reference point to measure from to where you need to end up under the hump? I will check the parts biscayne and make sure it wasn't cut out to far back.
Ok, you see my little red mark where the opening narrows down? From that red mark back to the center of the seat belt bolt on the side of the hump is 27 1/2".
In this shot, I outlined roughly where the outer edge of the hump would hit the floor, so I have to close up the floor about 1" inside (forward) of the red line.
Looks good, I will check what I have out there for you tomorrow hopefully, saturday for sure.
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1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
Sorry to be so late doing this. I seem to have been bitten pretty hard by the "car bug" and I just can't put the tools down once I start. The only reason I came in now because I was up to where I had to do some welding and I don't weld in the garage close to quitting time, for safety reasons.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
1967 2dr Biscayne. L36, M40, G80, K05, F41. #'s. 1967 Impala convert. 283, glide. Parked in the garage since 74 and hasn't moved. Soon to be BB 4speed.
