I never used a welder before but I'm pretty good with that kind of stuff. I do everything myself basicly. I'm looking for a 68 or 69 convertible and was wondering IF it needed pans, floor trunk ect how hard will it be to do it myself? My body guy gets $1000 just for 2 front pans. A welder only costs between $300-400 so I would be willing to go that route. Is there anyplace thats good to learn?

Thanks all.

My dad and I replaced the floors in my 68, and we had never done anything like that before. It's really not that hard if you have some good tools and a welder.

Is there a good place that I can find some info on this stuff?

There are alot of posts on the site that deal with replacing floors, complete or partial and plenty of beginners and pros to help you along. I am in the middle of replacing a complete floor and the info from Camaros.net is the best. Good luck

MNM, what specifically would you like to know? Check on my link below here, there are a bunch of pictures if you would like to check them out. I think I would be able to answer any questions you might have.

Do a search on here in the body shop and convertibles section for "floor". You'll see a lot of posts on this topic, and bracing that may or may not be required.

I just finished this on my 69 'vert, and it's not too bad if the car isn't a total rust bucket. On the verts, the condition of the rockers is KEY. Do a search on "rocker" to see all the posts on this topic. my rockers were solid, and I was able to complete a replacement of the front driver floor and tranny tunnel side, as well as both rear floors without bracing the car.

When you're thinking about the cost of doing it yourself, don't forget you have to get the old, rusty stuff out. I was able to borrow a plasma cutter from another Camaro buddy, but the removal can be done with a jigsaw and cutoff tool. Just consider that in your budget. Get good spot weld drill bits too, because there are quite a few spot welds to get through (convertibles have a lot of extra braces).

If the floors are totally wasted and the rockers are bad, you'd want to brace the car up as covered in the posts on this site, before you start cutting.

Get good, US stamped floors. I might have used the thinner import floors on a coupe, but the heavier stampings with correct, turned down edges were best for the open car.

It's a lot of work and hours, but it is satisfying and nice to have the tools for other parts of the project.