Well, I have bad news and bad news. Outside of rear floor pans for a 61 to 64 Pontiac, nobody makes ANYTHING to help you out. This is true for all 1961 to 1968 full size Pontiacs. This is one reason why I try not to buy “Flintstone-mobiles” in the first place, or why I end up using a Southern or Western car as a good starting place. Why is this? Not enough demand, although I receive tons of emails and calls looking for floor pans and trunk pans. No braces either. So, you have to turn to the used parts market to find these parts. As Steve Snyder from IndianaPontiacs.com will tell you, it’s a bitch to cut out a full trunk pan. About 5 hours WITH a forklift. And, once it’s out, you can’t install in your car unless A: you cut it into pieces or B: you have your car off the frame. You can buy some other repro trunk floor, like say a 1967 Impala and try to cut and piece it together. There is no GOOD way here.
Here is one more tip. Lets say you have a 66 Pontiac 2+2 convertible that needs a trunk floor. You find a 66 Catalina two door hardtop that is a heap, but the trunk floor is mint. Are you home free? NO. GM changed the design of big cars in 65. The trunks on convertibles were no longer the same as two door hardtops or sedans. They ARE the same as 4 door hardtops and sedans. Same with deck lids. You’ll notice a convertible deck lid is much shorter than a two door hardtop. About 8” shorter. Same with the trunk floors. I found this out when doing a 66 2+2 convertible.
PontiacParadise.com is looking for people who would be interested in doing reproduction projects of certain 61 to 68 parts. This entails a trip to the SEMA-APRA Show in Vegas in November of each year. It also involves capital. I have a number of mint or NOS items to use as patterns and an idea of what this industry really needs. If you might be interested in a project, please call or write and lets see what can happen. I have heard of people starting these floor & trunk pan projects with firms in China however nothing has shown up here yet.
In closing, if you are currently looking for floor or trunk pans, I suggest you contact Steve at IndianaPontiacs.com or Steve at PontiacHeaven.com. These are two people who come across decent metal from time to time. Thanks and good luck with your project!
Update: I have recieved an email regarding a person who has apparently used a 67 Cutlass reproduction trunk pan in the restoration of his 67 2+2 ragtop. Now before you run out and buy this, remember that 65 on up convertibles have a much smaller trunk than a hardtop. They used a 4 door trunk pan and deck lid as stated above. I have seen a repro trunk pan for a 65 Cadillac listed and have considered buying one to see if it could be used on a hardtop. It HAS to big, right? Go to www.usapartssupply.com to see what they have. I have another person on the West Coast who swears up & down that a 61-64 trunkpan is in the works. We’ll see…….