Mk1 Front floor pan

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Hello I have a Mk1 Aus date Jan 62
The rib on the door side is straight. Does anyone know when this changed to enter the foot well at an angle?

floor pan rib.jpg

[gs.davies]

November '61 car with remains of the original floor pan can be seen on my project thread on page one. Angled rib.

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[Spider]

I'm quite sure at late 61 / early 62 they were being made from CKD panels, so should be the same as UK panels - however - if they were panels that had been sitting on for some time, there were something like 5 or 6 design changes (don't quote me exactly on those numbers, but it was a lot!) in the front floor pressings (among others) since the start of production up to this period, so the answer may not be a straight forward as it may first appear.

[9/61]

Thanks GS & Spider.
So Nov '61 was angled rib already.
My stamped parts are all 961 so I guess the panels were made at a similar time
I have anither post asking about UK body no production period. If I get any hits on this that should give an idea about when the panels were made.
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[Spider]

I have seen - maybe on this forum? - a front floor pan that had one type on one side and the next later one on the other, and that was how it left the factory. I would have though the whole floor was one piece, however it was pointed out to me by a die maker that although the pressing may have been one piece the dies of that size are usually in a few pieces.