I Didn’t Expect the Floor Pan Reinforcement to Be This Bad | 1968 Skylark

1968 Buick Skylark Restoration – Fabricating a Floor Pan Reinforcement From Scratch The floor pan is ready to go in… but there's a bigger problem underneath it. While working on the floor of my 1968 Buick Skylark, I discovered that the original floor pan reinforcement was badly rusted and couldn't simply be reused. Rather than looking for a replacement, I decided to fabricate a new reinforcement myself. In this episode, I build the replacement brace from scratch, fit it to the car, weld it in, and continue installing the new floor pan. It's another one of those restoration jobs where the simple repair turns into a much bigger project — but that's part of bringing a rusty old Skylark back to life. In this video: Rusted floor pan reinforcement Fabricating a replacement floor brace Measuring and fitting new metal Welding the reinforcement into the car Installing the replacement floor pan 1968 Buick Skylark restoration GM A-Body floor pan repair DIY rust repair and metal fabrication If you're restoring a 1968 Skylark, Buick A-Body, GM A-Body, or another classic car with rusty floor pans, I hope this helps show one way to approach a repair when the original reinforcement is too far gone.