Floor Pan Install - 65 Dart Convertible

Locating and welding the brackets that hold the convertible side panels.

To find the right position I installed the panels and screwed the brackets to the bottom of the panels. Then I tack welded the brackets to the floor, making sure the panels were in the right place. The photographs I took before removing them helped as a sanity check.

The original brackets were not positioned the same on both sides of the car. Now they are. The position of the front of the brackets is based on a good fit between the side panels and the interior panels. There is some flexibility in where you position the back of the brackets. I cheated mine in-board a bit to make room for speaker boxes I plan to make for the space behind the side panels. I now have enough room for 5 1/4" speakers firing up out of these spaces. Here's another post on that. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showpost.php?p=1802245&postcount=19