Great example of how not to repair floors in a convertible

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Not a Mustang, but the Cougar is mostly the same underneath. If this was done by a "professional body shop" as he claims, they should be shut down. 

https://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/d/shelton-1971-mercury-cougar-convertible/7410148649.html

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I'd be afraid to drive it on the freeway. You see a lot of scary stuff when it comes to body work. I'm working on a '69 Fairlane convertible that was hit hard in the drivers A pillar. The body shop, or someone, pop-riveted the bottom of the A pillar to the rocket panel. You couldn't see it until you took the fender off.

 
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Hey, at least he gave you photos of the underside and let you look at it before you went there to waste your time thinking you had a good rust free car  :) That car does seem to have quite a bit of rust from the doors back, I would not doubt that the frame rails are very thin in a lot of areas. I would bet you could poke holes in some areas on the rear rails with a good screwdriver. 

 
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