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thom
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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:50 pm Post subject: Should I use this replacement cargo floor? |
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I'm not sure if this is the correct layout for a '57 passenger bus. This is an older, hand-made KF set with its inherent idiosyncrasies, so it could be the 'right one' but made on a Monday and the guys hadn't sobered up yet. I went through the gallery and forum, and found examples that looked slightly different than this one.
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mr white
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| I would not use it. I have heard WW floors are decent.I do not think any after market cargo floors are really great. My old friend out in Boring likes the WW ones,they look nice from what I saw,not very heavy though. |
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NAES
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Depends on how much you care about it and the ends result you want. It fills the hole and looks like it fits pretty well. Good enough for a driver IMO
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vw7266
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| probably not since youve complained about every other piece of klassicfab metal youve welded onto that bus |
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tisius
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You have it in your bus already; it fits and looks good.
I'd say: keep it and weld it in; there's nothing wrong with that floor.
It will keep the water out, and it will most likely be covered by carpet or a floor mat or such anyways.
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| vw7266 wrote: |
| probably not since youve complained about every other piece of klassicfab metal youve welded onto that bus |
I agree... order one from Autocraft..
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thom
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Sorry, I let my previous bad experiences with KlassicFab metal color the articulation of the issue facing me right now; let me re-phrase it: there's something that looks wrong with the floor, but I'm not sure what it is. I looked at a bunch of pix in the gallery of other people's cargo floor replacement projects, and some of those floors looked different than mine. I'm hoping someone can evaluate the correctness of the details of this floor, such as: are the impressions for the seat mounts in the right place? Are there extraneous or missing details? Things like that.
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Stocknazi
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The only thing I noticed so far btw the Klassic Fab floor and the 57(58 model year) of my og floor is there are no square stampings under where the middle seat floor plates would be on the driver's side.
They are there on the passenger side.
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| vw7266 wrote: |
| probably not since youve complained about every other piece of klassicfab metal youve welded onto that bus |
Thom just loves to complain!! LOL
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kenshapiro2002
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I've used KF outer sections (R&L sides) and am very pleased...very.
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| kenshapiro2002 wrote: |
| I've used KF outer sections (R&L sides) and am very pleased...very. |
He is not talking about other KF panels he is asking if THIS PARTICULAR< OLDER panel seem right.
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| let me re-phrase it: there's something that looks wrong with the floor, but I'm not sure what it is. I looked at a bunch of pix in the gallery of other people's cargo floor replacement projects, and some of those floors looked different than mine. I'm hoping someone can evaluate the correctness of the details of this floor, such as: are the impressions for the seat mounts in the right place? Are there extraneous or missing details? Things like that. |
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Ask a simple question get a bunch of Krap.
This isn't a feedback thread.
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| crofty wrote: |
Ask a simple question get a bunch of Krap.
This isn't a feedback thread. |
That what I get when I post on FB from Thom!!
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crofty
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Thom if it doesn't work out i'll take the top 12" of those floors. Thanks!
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