How to remove trunk floor?

[NHCharger]

I'm currently parting out a 72 Charger. The trunk floor is in surprisingly good shape. A fellow board member would like to buy it if I can get it out with out destroying it. Is the floor spot welded to the frame or a continuous weld? What's the best way to separate the floor from the frame? I only have a sawzall and small grinder, no plasma cutter. This does not look to be an easy task.

[terrible one]

It's spot welded in. You can get ahold of a spot weld cutter from numerous places, but I've heard of people doing it with a normal drill bit as well. One thing's for sure though, it will be really time consuming!

[Silver R/T]

its all spot welded to the frame rails. I would suggest for him to order new panel. This tool works great for taking out those spot welds.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPOT-WELD-CUTTER-4-BLADES-FITS-MAC-MATCO-SNAP-ON-TOOLS_W0QQitemZ290067333031QQihZ019QQcategoryZ303QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[The70RT]

I just did one. It takes lots of hours and lots of spot weld cutters......then try ro remove it with out much damage would be another story. You can't remove the panel as a whole unless you are replacing frame rails.....for a couple hundered I would get a replacement one.....my thoughts.

[terrible one]

But they don't make reproduction trunk pans for a '72, do they?

I'll bet you could do it by cutting it loose and then in half maybe?

[The70RT]

But they don't make reproduction trunk pans for a '72, do they?

I'll bet you could do it by cutting it loose and then in half maybe?

I wasn't sure. I never had a 3rd. gen. I would hate to have to remove and replace with a original one out of a junker. In project chager he used an original out of a junker though but he probably did a few.

[Charger-Bodie]

i put a used trunk floor in my 68 but i spiled it over the rails it took me 2 hours to drill the used one out of the parts car it can be done take youre time and clean it up real good so you can find the welds and try to drill the right in the center , i would reccoment center punching all of them really good before you drill any

[Nacho-RT74]

I would take my time removing an original panel INSTEAD BUY A REPRO ONE... never is the same

[moparguy01]

are you saving the old trunk floor? if your not dont bother with the spot weld cutters. its a waste of a spot weld cutter. find the spot welds, and use a 4.5" grinder to grind the welds then pop it off with a air chisel. you can do this without damaging the metal of the frame rail. and it takes 1/3 the time.

same with bed sides on trucks. people spend a day using spot weld cutters when they could grind the welds off in an hour and be ready to do.

[terrible one]

are you saving the old trunk floor? if your not dont bother with the spot weld cutters. its a waste of a spot weld cutter. find the spot welds, and use a 4.5" grinder to grind the welds then pop it off with a air chisel. you can do this without damaging the metal of the frame rail. and it takes 1/3 the time.

same with bed sides on trucks. people spend a day using spot weld cutters when they could grind the welds off in an hour and be ready to do.

He's wanting to sell it.

[moparguy01]

well I just saw how to remove truck floor. and missed the part about wanting to sell it. leave me alone. im whacked up on pain killers  tonight. damn back.

[terrible one]

well I just saw how to remove truck floor. and missed the part about wanting to sell it. leave me alone. im whacked up on pain killers  tonight. damn back.

Hahaha nothing against you at all man. Have fun with your pain killers! 

[Charger1973]

If its a parts car and you dont care about the rear rails, just chop them off with the trunk floor.  Of course cut away the quarter panels and tail panel first, but theres not much else to it.  Let the buyer drill out all those spot welds, or if that doesnt work, maybe he can come drill them out of the parts car himself?  Just some more options to think about if you dont want to put that much time into it. 

[Charger1973]

I planned to sell this trunk floor but it had an accident the day I removed it from the car and I kind of gave up on trying to save it...  My friend saw a wasp nest when I removed the rear bumper and decided he could burn them out by lighting up a burger king sack and holding it up to the nest...  Yeah I dont think he realized the gas tank was right there and it made a pretty good sized fireball...    No one was hurt, but the trunk floor was wasted.  Oh well. 

[squeakfinder]

Will the floor pan fit threw the trunk opening? I don't know about a third generation but I don't they will on a second gen. I torched a floor out of an A body by cutting a long top of the frame rails,( You want to wear a resperator. )  Once it was out I was able to flip the floor over and grind the top of the rails off the bottom of the floor.


Oh, and the fuel tank was removed prior to starting this and none of my beer drinking buddy's were around at the time.

[RogerDodger]

I planned to sell this trunk floor but it had an accident the day I removed it from the car and I kind of gave up on trying to save it...  My friend saw a wasp nest when I removed the rear bumper and decided he could burn them out by lighting up a burger king sack and holding it up to the nest...  Yeah I dont think he realized the gas tank was right there and it made a pretty good sized fireball...    No one was hurt, but the trunk floor was wasted.  Oh well. 

Thats one way to strip the paint off it.