Aftermarket floor supports....Thoughts on making some wanted....

Are they really worth the money, and do I need to use the wood inserts like my original 55 had?

My original thoughts were to use an old hood ( a 79 and 95 ford, and 87 dodge to be exact) for sheet metal, as I've done before, and to use the actual hood bracing for floor supports....they're slotted and a little bit wider, but I don't see why they wouldn't work.

I'll take a pic in a bit to show exactly what I mean, and for my own future reference

Past experiences with ordering body panels and braces have taught me no matter how expensive they are, they always need tweaking/cutting/grinding to fit anyway, so these would save some coin.

Anyway, any other ideas on how to make some? No way can I bend straight metal into channels with just a vice, pliers, and a hammer

Thanks!!

 

I don't see why it wouldn't work if you're not concerned about restoration, just functionality. And the wood inserts are to prevent the bolts from crushing the channel. I plan to replace mine when I get a round tuit.

 

I made my own out of 1x2x1/8 wall tubing. Worked out great.

 

i planned on using c channel ...i looked at some supports on ebay good price i thought. and went to a shop in blue hill with the measurments and the guy couldnt build them for the same price.

 

I used Classic Enterprises Floor Supports. As for the wood supports. I used tubing at the bolt hole location so the channel wouldn't collapse.

 

where did you find them and do you remember how much

 

http://www.classicenterprises.com/ they have a ton of weld in body stuff for our jeeps.

 

Nice!! Its classicent.com, BTW, the link didn't work....anyway, heavier than stock floor supports for $85 per side.....'bout $20 cheaper than kaiserwillys.com!!

Thanks!!

 

and KaiserWillys gets them from Classic.....
Jay told me that himself.

Don

 

I plan to use thicker sheet steel in the floor similar to the story by Bill Maudlin "The Affair of the Wayword JEEP", and 3/4"x1-1/2" steel tubing for reinforcement.