Interior Floor Seam Gap

[Kris70gtx]

Hello everyone happy Sunday, so I was messing around with my 70 GTX and noticed the floor gap by the gas pedal and up the trans tunnel was pretty good size, with the sealer gone I can poke through that area with a small screwdriver. There doesn't seem to be anything more than surface rust. Is this typical on these cars? Thanks for the help.

 

[kiwigtx]

Hello everyone happy Sunday, so I was messing around with my 70 GTX and noticed the floor gap by the gas pedal and up the trans tunnel was pretty good size, with the sealer gone I can poke through that area with a small screwdriver. There doesn't seem to be anything more than surface rust. Is this typical on these cars? Thanks for the help.

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That's a pretty tight gap ....just add silicon.

 

[Kris70gtx]

Are they sometimes bigger than that from the factory? I just thought they would have all been welded shut. Haha

 

[kiwigtx]

Are they sometimes bigger than that from the factory? I just thought they would have all been welded shut. Haha

They can be quite big...depends how the guys assembling were feeling that day. I just last week threw away some seam sealer I pulled from my '70 GTX...and it was the same as what you have - gap size I mean. It was horrendous to see the gaps, but that's just how the cars were.

 

[pro-streeter]

Yes I have done several b bodies and this is very common.

 

[Kris70gtx]

That's good to know, it scared me at first. Glad to see it was just factory variations. Speaking of seam sealer, do you guys have a recommendation of brand/type? Thanks once again for the help, I really appreciate it.

 

[kiwigtx]

That's good to know, it scared me at first. Glad to see it was just factory variations. Speaking of seam sealer, do you guys have a recommendation of brand/type? Thanks once again for the help, I really appreciate it.

Wurth make a good product. That's what we used on my car.

https://www.wurthusa.com/Chemical-P.../Brushable-Seam-Sealer-1-Quart-Can/p/08901021

 

[Kris70gtx]

I'll check it out, thank you.