37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[mark craig]

Thanks Randy that helps I am replacing the floor board directly under the firewall and transmition tunnell the rest of floor is good. noticed in a parts book you can buy rivets just like henry used in orignal firewall thought maybe using those and stich wels rest like orignal any thoughts on that or do like you did weld solid. mark

[randyr]

Thanks Randy that helps I am replacing the floor board directly under the firewall and transmition tunnell the rest of floor is good. noticed in a parts book you can buy rivets just like henry used in orignal firewall thought maybe using those and stich wels rest like orignal any thoughts on that or do like you did weld solid. mark

I don't really know how they originally did the 34 but the 37 firewall was spot welded every inch or two. To remove it the instructions said to drill thru the spot welds with a 5/16" bit, cut thru all the body sealer and take it out. Mine had some extra cutting to do because of some previous mods made to the orignal firewall. The new one is installed the same way using self-tapping screws in every other hole to hole things in place while welding the "un-screwed" holes....check out this installation on Direct Sheetmetals website... http://directsheetmetal.com/pages/typeinstall.html

They don't recommend welding solid because of the potential warping of the metal.

Where are you getting your firewall & front floorboard?