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+1 what Greg say's :goodpost:Hi John,
Yeah , i would agree with what Paul just said. You are fortunate with little to mainly no rust issues.A nice original floor pan!::thumb::
My take on it, or my basic advice would be this. Would you believe my '73 Vert floor was the same as yours - very original with a very small area of surface rust. I recarpeted, and took these steps. So, the first thing to take care of is any rust spots. This can be a DIY job. If you wanted to use a home sand blaster, you could, but that's going to be messy. On that basis you would need to well isolate the rest of the car from any sand migration. But my approach would be to grind or sand the rust down to remove as much as you can, then follow through with a quality rust convertor, leave to dry out then spray a quality primer of your choice to seal off that treated area. Spray a little color over that as well if you want to make the repaired areas look like the original floor pan finish - that's optional.
From there you have two choices. I used the sound deadener matting Dynamat. But i know there are a lot of Forum guys who have used other products and brands and love them also. I would highly recommend you use a matting. It really does make a big difference in all ways, and is well worth the time and money spent. That can be DIY job as well if you want.
If you don't put any matting down, then i would go with plan B, and proceed to apply a quality rust preventive coating over the entire floor pan area.This can be brushed or sprayed on. I like Valvoline Tectyl coating for inner cavity areas, but have a look around, there might be better suited products for a floor pan application. Brands and products like Por 15 might have what you're chasing there. On the other hand, once you've taken care of those rust areas, you could choose to leave the floor pan original as it is and do nothing but put new carpet down again.
But again, i would recommend treating the rust, then use a product like Dynamat, and then follow through with your new carpet. That's what i did, and i'm very happy with the end result.
Cheers,
Greg.
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