The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts Where to buy floor panel for (1939) 1.5 ton VB/VC Truck...

Hello there,

I am having no luck at all finding a front floor panel for a 1939 VC truck... Would anyone please point me in the right direction to a vendor or fabricator for one? The closest thing available (without a hole for master cylinder) but listed for a 4 speed transmission is about 1-1/2" too short...Thank you.

Floor panels being too short is pretty common. If you can find one that comes that close, buy it and add on some sheet metal.

I've never seen 1-1/2 ton and up reproduction sheet metal, if it's not the same as the pickups they don't bother to make is as there isn't enough demand.

Mike B

Here I was under the impression that the big and small trucks shared the exact same cab configuration, except for the fenders... I was wrong! I guess the floor panels are different also. Yet, I am also surprised that no one makes a reproduction panel for the big trucks, since I am sure I am not the first guy to run into this problem...

Task Force trucks have the same issue, the floors are different big vs small, but the outer metal of the cab is the same.

For every 5 big trucks there are 100 little ones, it's all about supply and demand, not enough big trucks to make it worth tooling up for.

Mike B

Are you sure the floor panel is too short? From your first image it looks okay to me. I am not certain of the 1939 trucks, but the reproduction floor panels for the 1941-46 trucks fit my 1 1/2 ton truck. As with all of the reproduction panels , they never seem to be perfect but it does fill the hole completely.

Well, I took an original 1939 panel from a VB truck and used that to build the floor on the other VC truck... What model is your 39? I have never seen different size panels on big trucks... I should clarify that the panel I purchased was listed as a 36-38 panel for Chevy or GMC-4 Speed. The 4 speed transmission was the determining factor here, another rarity with smaller trucks... Also note that the cutout for the brake master cylinder is not there...

PhillipJ You can make some slotted jigs so you can pound out your own floor pans,use soft sretchy iron like an oil drum. Pound out with a ball pein hammer !!

Probably no need to fab complete floor pans. I would buy what's close and fill the gaps with flat sheet metal. I have hammered stiffening ribs in one floor patch on my truck. Functional, but not real pretty. LOL

I'm cutting the pan in the rear and adding the missing material... I have no choice.