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Trunk floor isn't so bad
Posted by spiv (more from spiv) on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:16:02
In Reply to: My Sonett trunk is rotted out completely(large hole), Larry, Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:07:40
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It's a lot easier to fix a trunk floor than rockers or passenger floors. The trunk floor isn't weight-bearing (at least not much) so there's less worry about bracing and distortion. Also, you can get a pre-made repair panel for the trunk floor from Saabklubben Sweden -- it's actually the floor for a 96, so is about five inches too long, but can be made to fit. I just trimmed the back edge of mine, but a neater way to do it would be to section the extra length out of the tilted-up part at the back. If you look at an original Sonett trunk floor, you'll see it has a transverse seam in this location, suggesting that the factory made theirs the same way.
Once your floor is shortened, you just cut out the old one, then trim, bend and fit the new one so it will drop into place. Then you clamp around the edges and start MIG-welding like crazy.
I'd STRONGLY suggest pulling the gas tank first, both so you don't have to worry about blowing yourself up when you weld the front edge, and so you can spot and fix any other rust that might have crept up from the trunk into the floor below the tank.
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Posts in this Thread:
- sonnett floors?, mike d, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:06:42
- Re: sonnett floors?, Doyle Davis, Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:24:40
- pop riveted aluminum flashing, fiber glass and bondo, Jim H, Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:12:22
- Structural integrity and sagging doors?, Bill, Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:26:12
- i have a bondoed poprivited sonett and it just, mudpuppy, Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:55:53
- Re: pop riveted aluminum flashing, fiber glass and bondo, Doyle Davis, Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:43:11
- Re: sonnett floors?, SMOKINSPG, Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:16:02
- Re: sonnett floors?, spiv, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:30:52
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