Floor pan

[corm]

wondering if anybody has a genuine passenger side front floor pan forsale, also still after a really good dent free front guard spear FC(passenger side),located in Canberra thanks. Wayne.

[Johns]

Hi Corm,

AFAIK NOS front pan sections came in short and full sections. The short ones extend as far as the set of full length strangethening ribs. If you have a look at the one we fitted to the NSF of Nev, that is an uncut section, here;

http://www.fefcholden.org.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=album;action=display;num=1163736355

So if your front floor isn't too bad you could get away with a short section. If you can, the Rares pans aren't too bad for this. The NOS are much better if you need a full pan.

By the way if your rear floor is rusted up the tunnel sides and towards the front of the rear seat mount, a NOS section is not large enough, but the Rares ones are.

Hope this helps

Cheers
John

[Brad]

 Hi John
           Where can I buy  2 x NOS  full floor pans for my van. It's had rare's fitted about 18 years ago but I'm not happy with the finish and I'm thinking about replacing them. If I can get NOS I would definitely replace them. I'm in Brisbane.
      Brad.

[corm]

John,
thanks for that mate, I'll need the full section worst luck and i would prefer genuine if possible thanks again.
wayne.

[Johns]

Hi Wayne and Brad.

Unfortunately you can't readily get NOS pans. You could post a wanted for them.

We have had to put a rares OSF pan in Nev, thought it was NOS but it wasn't !@#$, should have checked more carefully.

We will be welding this in this weekend. I will then detail the massaging required. The biggest problem with them is not fitting them, it's that the ribs are not as crisp as the factory ones.

Stay tuned
John

[mcl1959]

AFAIK there are no NOS floor pans around, In 30 years of looking at parts - I have never seen one.  I did see an entire front floor once which has a part number, but never a floor pan. What you need to remeber is that FC floor pans have been rusting since the 60's and a number of aftermarket companies made them over the years including R/S who have been making them for at least 20 years as well.  Over this time there have been many different styles and thicknesses and lengths and pressings - some good and some bad.
I would think apart from a few VERY RARE examples of genuine GMH stock - these would have dried up in the late 70's. Look for quality, not necessarily age!
Ken

[Johns]

Ken, the yellow coloured sections I fitted to Nev came from the NOS warehouse.

Given that the guys have a shed full of new factory panels and that  they match the existing floors perfectly, have a lip which matches the inner sill perfectly and the ribs stampings are identical with the existing floors. I reckon its a fair call that they are factory.

If they're not, they're the best repo panels I've ever seen.

Cheers
John

[Brad]

Okay
          So where is this NOS warehouse and how do I get in contact with them to see if they have pans for my van.
                      Brad.

[mcl1959]

Absolutely Nev, if they came from there then there is a every chance they are GMH items.  I never saw any of the stuff from the warehouse.

Press marks are the biggest giveaway since only GMH presses gave the same exact shape as the original floor.
Also not a single repro floor pan had the drain holes in them.  I assume yours had the drain holes?

Ken

[customFC]

Hey guys.
In my opinion, the yellow/green rust repair sections were made by B & S.
B & S = Barber and Sons. They were located in Alexandria, and stopped making patch panels about 20 years ago. They also made headlight peaks and lower guard sections. It was quality stuff.
I believe not everything from the NOS guys is NOS. These guys bought a collection of FC parts from a guy who bought up everything he could find for FC. Most was NOS, some was good secondhand and some was early repro.
Regards
Alex

[Johns]

Thanks Ken and Alex.

Ken, they don't have drain holes and given Alex's advice, it appears they aren't genuine. As Alex states, they are of excellent quality.

Brad, I don't think the guys at NOS have any more left, I think I got the last ones

Thanks for the heads up guys
Cheers
John

[Brad]

Thanks John
                   If you or anyone else has the contact phone number for the NOS warehouse I would really appreciate it so I could check for myself. As I said , mine are a sad reproduction  and the pressed lines don't match very well at all.
     Thanks Brad.
                   

[RET]

Do a search for "NOS warehouse", the phone number(s) have been posted quite a few times.

There's a thread in the General Board called "NOS Warehouse", for example.

cheers
RET