Front floor 'Hump' replacement

capescw · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:42 am Post subject: Front floor 'Hump' replacement

As you can tell from my mini-bio, I like to keep the costs down! I could fabricate 90% of the floor, but the 'hump' on the front floor pan of my M38 is beyond reclamation, and beyond my capabilities to fabricate. Anybody have any suggestions (other than $700-999 for a replacement)?
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1952 M38 Project "Lazarus"
1951(?) M100 Trailer
1956-60 USAF Special Weapons Program
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RickC · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:06 am Post subject:

I have a tub here in RI that has the hump mostly intact.......

evanso1975 · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 5:20 am Post subject:

Keeping it cheap, my M38's PO fabricated a new transmission hump. Poor quality photos here:
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=album186&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

When the toolbox and gas tank are in place, it doesn't look too bad.

Owen.
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Owen

1951 US Air Force M38
1944 F-1 1/2-ton Airdrome Trailer
1940 C15 Chevrolet CMP 11-cab
1939 DKW KS200 Motorcycle
MVT # 19406

idiocrates · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:19 am Post subject:

I had a very simular problem with my trans hump and front floor. I was able to purchase new floor pans but found the hump to be irreplaceable due to parts unavailablity. So we ground and cut and patched and ground some more......and married my old hump to the new floor pans. So far....knock on sumptin green.....it all seems to be fitting back together. In terms of parts the repair is darn cheap.....it terms of manhours....its probably been the most costly repair I've made to the jeep so far.....toolbox replacment not withstanding. Does seem kind of "odd" that the floor pans are so readily available but the hump is not......but then again.....why are floor pans so available while tool boxes for A-1 are not......this green disease is sooo darn hard to understand....
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Bretto · Member Joined: Nov 24, 2010 Posts: 1390 Location: Orem, UT

Probably because the floors are mostly flat work where as the hump would take some custom tooling.
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'51 M38
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wesk · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:17 am Post subject:

If you don't have the hump section hat channel to help with forming the hump skin John at Midwest has the Hump hat channel.
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45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100

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brimac · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject:

I have this for sale 250.00
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6596

capescw · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:50 pm Post subject: Consider this closed

Thanks, one and all! I've agreed to the offer from Brimac
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"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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