too many questions, too few answers

[newBlood]

OK, for years I have dreamed about the day I am would be the owner of a 1971 K5 Blazer. It finally came true! Although she is not in the best of shape, she is runner and just needs some TLC to shake off some of the rust. I have been saving for quite a while now so I am ready to spend some $...and get a little dirty.

But first, I have many questions. And since I'm not a mechanic or autobody person they will probaby sound trivial at best.
Since I am going to start my renovation process by replacing rusted panels/fenders, etc here is my 1st question:
1.) Instead of buying several different pieces to replace the entire CAB FLOOR, can I purchase a CAB FLOOR: Full Assembly that in a catalog is listed fro a Chevy/GMC Pickup: 67-72 ??

The catalog does not list a cab floor full assembly for the Blazer. But to me the picture in the catalog makes the pickup cab floor look like it would fit.

[Bentblazer]

That will work but it will take some work behind the seats at the step up/header location

[lks dcvn]

get us some pix of the rust you are facing and we can provide some more insight into what way might be easier/cheaper.

Several of us have taken different approaches to get the job done...

[newBlood]

Hey fellas,
Thanks for the reply. I got some pix today. The rust is in the normal spots I suppose (rockers, fenders, etc). It looks like the previous owners did some spot fixing on the cab floor assembly. Then it looks like the put some type of latex material all throughout. I'm sure this was to get through inspection and give a short term solution. I'm looking at getting into cleaning up all the rust in the entire cab area over this fall/winter season. So i'm not going to put any bandaids over anything. Going to do it as right as i can. At this point i've purchased: rocker panels, rocker boxes, rocker end caps. As mentioned, I would also like to replace the floor assembly. But just not sure if I should by all the pieces/parts separately or the entire cab floor.

Looking forward to your thoughts.
thx

[newBlood]

I haven't anything in a couple days so maybe I'm posting my question(s) wrong. So I will leave it more open ended..

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to replace most (if not all) of the crew cab floor?
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[71jimmy]

From that one pic it doesn't look too bad. Most of us try to cut the least amount possible leaving as much original metal as possible. Once you take the rockers off etc you will see how deep you need to go.

Keep in mind that the less you cut out, you will retain more of the body stucture making it easier to put back together and align.

Also, I recommend doing one side at a time. Again your keeping as much body structure AND you will have the other side to compare as you put it back together. This type of work always takes longer than you think.

Good Luck