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I have matching holes cut in the rear floor of my '56 - seems odd to me as they are matching and not is a spot of typical rust.. maybe they tried to add rear bench supports? Anyway, that's a curiosity.
My question is regarding the favorite way to deal with broken bolts in captive/caged nuts. One of the POs in their separating of the various panels broke the majority of the bolts for the body panels (85% of them). I could spend hour drilling and tapping, but I am not going for concourse and really don't want to spend the limited time I have for this doing that... I could weld new nuts on, but I wonder if I need that bit of movement for lining up panels.. I am leaning toward trying to drill the overlapping metal, replacing the bolt and then spot welding it back... experiences?
My question is regarding the favorite way to deal with broken bolts in captive/caged nuts. One of the POs in their separating of the various panels broke the majority of the bolts for the body panels (85% of them). I could spend hour drilling and tapping, but I am not going for concourse and really don't want to spend the limited time I have for this doing that... I could weld new nuts on, but I wonder if I need that bit of movement for lining up panels.. I am leaning toward trying to drill the overlapping metal, replacing the bolt and then spot welding it back... experiences?