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capescw Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 150 Location: Milford CT
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:09 pm Post subject: Wanted, Rear floor |
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Anybody out there have a halfway decent rear floor (M38)? I'm in Connecticut. _________________ "Frugality keeps me in the Game"
1952 M38 Project "Lazarus"
1951(?) M100 Trailer
1956-60 USAF Special Weapons Program
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BullRun Member
Joined: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 459
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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NOS M38 floors are still available. |
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RickC Member
Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Coventry, RI
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:16 am Post subject: |
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I've got a tub with a decent rear floor in RI. Come get it!!! |
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capescw Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 150 Location: Milford CT
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:00 pm Post subject: Alternative solution |
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Thanks, Rick, and others! I've contracted a local sheet metal shop to build a 'close' replica at a decent cost. I spent the weekend in NY checking two offers, but both were worse than what I pulled out of mine. The cost will be actually lower than a NOS floor. _________________ "Frugality keeps me in the Game"
1952 M38 Project "Lazarus"
1951(?) M100 Trailer
1956-60 USAF Special Weapons Program
http://www.bill-capes.com/insanity - Updated 04/26/14 |
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12B Member
Joined: Aug 24, 2010 Posts: 25 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:04 pm Post subject: NOS Floor |
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Could you point me in the direction of a NOS floor? |
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capescw Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 150 Location: Milford CT
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madmike Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2009 Posts: 249 Location: Mariposa, Ca.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:45 am Post subject: |
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I bought one from a different vendor for a M38A1 and a couple things to check are whether it has an additional support channel near the machine gun support plate. I had to remove that to get the tub to set down on the frame. Wish I would have noticed that before the floor was welded in. I saw the extra support but thought it was to keep the floor from caving in like the original. I also though it would clear the plate.
Also, the pre-drilledholes for the mounting bolts in the floor were not squared off for the carriage bolts and were larger than the stock tub. And there was a couple extra pre-drilled holes out by the rear seat mounts for some reason. Otherwise the pattern was the same.
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Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16258 Location: Wisconsin
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madmike Member
Joined: Apr 08, 2009 Posts: 249 Location: Mariposa, Ca.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Doh!!!! Outwitted again. |
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rgmutchler Member
Joined: Sep 28, 2008 Posts: 345 Location: Caldwell, Texas
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