Early A Convertible rocker
I took this picture in April of a 1965 Dart rocker panel intending to post it in the convertible forum. It is the driver side looking forward. Note how the floor pan rests on a ledge built into the inner rocker.
You need to remove the front floor pans to fully see how extensive the rust is. I can just about guarantee the front frame rails and T-bar crossmember will be bad. The rails rust from the inside out and can be paper thin. This will also allow you to check on the metal around the T-bar anchors. I welded extra gussets to the sockets on the inside. Otherwise, if that car has sat for awhile the anchors twist right out at the first big bump. It sounds like BANG and the front end drops down.
I took this picture in April of a 1965 Dart rocker panel intending to post it in the convertible forum. It is the driver side looking forward. Note how the floor pan rests on a ledge built into the inner rocker.
You need to remove the front floor pans to fully see how extensive the rust is. I can just about guarantee the front frame rails and T-bar crossmember will be bad. The rails rust from the inside out and can be paper thin. This will also allow you to check on the metal around the T-bar anchors. I welded extra gussets to the sockets on the inside. Otherwise, if that car has sat for awhile the anchors twist right out at the first big bump. It sounds like BANG and the front end drops down.
