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1985 Mustang convertible floor pan swap.

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livinnstix

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Im trying to swap out my floor pans in a 1985 Mustang Convertible and I can't seem to find the rivets... They seem to be inside the rocker panels somewhere.

Any help appreciated...

Thanks
 

capriman86

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I can't help you but I will need to be doing this as well next year, if you can take any pics as you go along that would be great!
 
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Edit to first post they are spot welds not rivets and I knew that... typo. So far so good, I took donor panels from a '87 drilled out all the spot welds, got the seams separated without much tearing, now Im trying to get them into my car and I can't seem to locate the spot welds. In the '87 they were easily accessible from the cabin area, but in the '85 they seem to be integrated into the drip rail underneath the car.

Anyone have insight?

As for pics, Ill do my best to post some pics and struggles. As a first step the spot weld drills hear up and wear out fast, Im finding that the pilot tip drills made by DeWalt seem to work great. I used 1 bit and got the floor pans out of the donor car.
 
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