Trunk Floor Measurement

[RJChallenger]

I'm getting ready to finish welding my new one piece trunk floor to a original tail panel on my 70 challenger. I may need to make a filler panel. Does anyone know the measurement from the bottom of the tail light opening to the trunk floor? Thanks

[Rich G.]

Doesn't the floor go to the end of the tail panel? There is a filler piece that screws to that but that's the bumper filler.

[JS29]

Can you send a picture of the area your talking about? 

[soundcontrol]

I just did mine a while ago, can't measure any tonight since the car is not at home, but the trunk floor rear lip spotwelds to the bottom of the tail panel.

[RJChallenger]

Yes, the trunk floor would normally be spot welded to the tail panel. However this tail panel has rusted away unevenly from side to side and just barely meets the trunk floor. I could buy a new tail panel but then I would want new quarters and then a new roof.I don't know if the frame rails are where there supposed to be after sitting on jack stands for the last 37 years. The tail panel has 5 openings for the tail lights and back up light. I need the rough measurement from the bottom of these openings to the trunk floor. I will then know how much , if anything  to add to the bottom of the tail panel. Thanks very much

[soundcontrol]

OK, got it, Here is some pictures.
Pict 1-4. From L (driver side) to R (passenger)
Pict. 5 middle from outside.

My tail panel is semi loose on the passenger side though, I have not welded that quarter in yet, so I left it like that.
It will move up a hair when I fit the quarter in, so that measurement can be a bit low.
So pict 3 and especially 4 will be a little higher (probably close to pict 1 and 2, the driver side)

The trunk floor is not even either, it is higher at the L and R than in the middle.

Looks like the end of the stick is off in Pict 5 but it's not, camera angle. I aimed it so the reading would be OK.

[anlauto]

Excellent pictures

[RJChallenger]

@soundcontrol  That is exactly the info I needed. Thank you so very much. Now i can weld the floor into place and start replacing the trunk drop off .