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Title: Correct floor pan stampings for 64/5 Skylark/GS
Post by: gs spoken here on April 13, 2015, 12:51:03 PM

Anyone make the correct trunk repair panel for 64/5? The stamping for 66/7 are different.

Title: Re: Correct floor pan stampings for 64/5 Skylark/GS
Post by: Brian on April 13, 2015, 08:49:31 PM

I have never found a correct one.  64-65 only have one of the oval plugs in them.  The one in the middle is just a small 7/8" diameter hole that gets a rubber plug.  I actually spent several hours one time with a hammer and dolly shaping  one of the reproduction floors to extend the ribs and make the small round hole in it so it looked correct for a 65 I was working on.  Thankfully the reproduction ones don't have the oval holes actually punched out in them, so I was able to do that.

Title: Re: Correct floor pan stampings for 64/5 Skylark/GS
Post by: gs spoken here on April 14, 2015, 08:44:25 AM

Brian, thanks for the reply, I did not find correct patch panels for 65/5, but did find in the Performance Pontiac catalog, no longer active, Ames is the same suppler, a kit of 3 separate patches to fix the floor pan or patch panels to make them more correct. I also found on Ground UP a complete 64/5 floor pan that seems more correct, hard to tell from pictures. Thanks Bill.

Title: Re: Correct floor pan stampings for 64/5 Skylark/GS
Post by: WkillGS on April 14, 2015, 11:57:21 PM

There are some 1 piece pans listed on eBay for 64-65 Buick, others for '65 GTO and another for Chevelle. Chevelles might be shorter than BOP.
Here's the Buick one: (has the too-large center plug)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/64-65-Buick-A-Body-Full-Complete-Trunk-Floor-Pan-w-Braces-Golden-Star-/390581153179?hash=item5af0736d9b&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/64-65-Buick-A-Body-Full-Complete-Trunk-Floor-Pan-w-Braces-Golden-Star-/390581153179?hash=item5af0736d9b&vxp=mtr)