[lintmann]

So I have three areas of floor in my 70 GTO that need work, one is a large area under the drivers foot well, next is a small area under the passenger rear seat and last is about 3/4 of the trunk floor.

I started with the smallest which was an area about a foot square under the passenger rear seat and butt welded this one and it came out quite nice. Now I'm starting on the trunk floor one but before I started I figured I'd look into some youtube videos for any tips or tricks that might help me along. What I'm seeing so far is that they are lap welded with about a 1/2" over lap....

My intent of this car is to have really nice body-on restored driver so my question is, is the overlap weld a common and acceptable practice or does it really need to be butt welded??? The same question also applies to the drivers floor area that I will have to replace too.

Thanks, I appreciate your thoughts!