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FINNED FLOORS: NEW PANS IN A

‘60 CHRYSLER 300-F

Jerry   Kopecky examines    the floor   of  the 1960    Chrysler    300-F   his

shop    replaced.   He  holds   the old,    rusty   floor   section that    was

removed.

By Angelo Van Bogart

rom the salty tip of Texas to the moist summer air of Maine, sheet
metal can take a beating. With precious few exceptions, the metal
floors of most cars turn to swiss cheese after 50 years and tens of
thousands of miles of exposure to water, snow and salt. Though floor
pans are seldom seen and sometimes forgotten, most restorers know they
will have to repair them on cars that enter their shops. Among those
restorers is Jerry Kopecky of Kopecky’s Klassics in Iola, Wis.