[dmcintosh]

So I'm very slowly settling into the new place (with a smaller garage ). My next project on the wagon is going to be to pull the body and get the chassis all cleaned up. After that I'll be jumping deep into rust repair. I did have a local shop fix the front 1/2 of the car - new floors, rocker panels, firewall, etc. Now onto the back. So my question is this - any suggestions on what to use for a replacement cargo area floor? Definitely thinking I need to replace not only the floor, but also the supports underneath. I've found a replacement el camino bed for a 68-72 (Golden Star FP03-68B: Complete Bed Floor | JEGS). Does anyone know if this would also fit a 66 wagon?

 

[amx364]

I wanted to use bed-liner in some form. Spray-on or bush on. Of course I needed something that would hold up to abuse. Under deck support may need to be custom made. My wagon was set to carry about 1200-1500 lbs. in-center of gravity location. It did not have rust issues, so factory support flooring was fine.

 

[Rich-L79]

A 68-72 EC bed floor especially won't work.

 

[dmcintosh]

A 68-72 EC bed floor especially won't work.

Thanks. Are the dimensions really that off? I was hoping that a little trimming/modifying might save me trying to fabricate the whole thing. My other thought was to try to find a replacement pickup bed that could modify to fit. Shame they don’t make that part for the 66 wagons/ec.

 

[amx364]

How straight is the area that you have to replace? I have seen custom pickup beds made with teak wood that came out real nice. Teak is a hard dense dark colored wood that is hard to damage, other then scratches.

 

[dmcintosh]

How straight is the area that you have to replace? I have seen custom pickup beds made with teak wood that came out real nice. Teak is a hard dense dark colored wood that is hard to damage, other then scratches.

That's an interesting idea. Not exactly the look I was going for, and part of my thought for using the other (68-72) bed was that I am fairly certain at least some of the under floor supports are damaged and will need replaced. Unfortunately, I wont really know the extent of the damage until I start cutting. I'd like to have a plan in place before I get to that point.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

 

[amx364]

How about a used pickup bed, can you work around the floor contours? If not how about flat steel in pieces to work around your wheel wells? You can also go heaver on steel thickness if you think that will help. Welding steel on steel might make it easier. You know by now that you will not have the right questions on floor damage until you can see what happened. If you go flat then can use any sort of bed liner you want to. On my wagon the wheel well covering got torn up by rolls of barbed wire. It was a working car.

 

[dmcintosh]

How about a used pickup bed, can you work around the floor contours? If not how about flat steel in pieces to work around your wheel wells? You can also go heaver on steel thickness if you think that will help. Welding steel on steel might make it easier. You know by now that you will not have the right questions on floor damage until you can see what happened. If you go flat then can use any sort of bed liner you want to. On my wagon the wheel well covering got torn up by rolls of barbed wire. It was a working car.

That might work too. Sort of where I was headed with the 68-72 camino bed. Worse come to worse, I may just have to piece it together with a combination of parts like this. https://www.noramstore.com/i-268940...MIj9P3zYaC7AIVGOJ3Ch0WjAZAEAkYBCABEgLnxPD_BwE and Bed Mount Tower, 1968-72 El Camino @ OPGI.com