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[Bogeyed]

I’m getting a bit forgetful, there was a guy on the forum that made very good footwells for the series, I think his name may have been les ??,  I just cannot remember the details now, can anyone help me, I need some new footwells. 

Billy.

[agg221]

You are thinking of Les Crombie - lescr on Ebay.
There is also Gordon Furness of this forum - catmint,biz
Classic Bulkheads can also supply.

All three have good reports and have the proper pressed ribs.

Alec

[geoff]

 Les = top dog  ........  I've has his stuff twice now 

[Peter Holden]

The Catmint ones are very good and Tony Wood uses Classic Bulkhead ones.  You are a bit spoilt for choice really.

Peter

[Bradfordseries2]

I have used both lescr supplied footwells and Classic Bulkheads supplied footwells. The thing I would add is that the Classic Bulkhead ones have the plate on the inner side of the footwell where as the lescr ones are the usual 3 sided jobbies. I am happy with both types I have used. A pic below is the completed bulkhead. 

[hobson]

as an aside, I have a bulkhead I obtained from a club member which has no ribs in the footwells, won't bother me but any comments perhaps? kind regards

[agg221]

as an aside, I have a bulkhead I obtained from a club member which has no ribs in the footwells, won't bother me but any comments perhaps? kind regards

Quite common. It suggests the footwell were replaced with parts from one of the larger suppliers, rather than hunting down one of the three specialists mentioned above. The footwell will work fine, just look a bit less original and be a bit more flexible.

Alec

[Wittsend]

Back in the day the only footwell repair panels were from plain sheet steel. Designed as cheap panels that you welded into the inside of the bulkhead. Many never bothered  to remove the original footwell. These sections just fitted inside 

That was then.
For a few years now OE spec footwells with the ribs have been available, from IIRC Les at first, others have now joined the party.

And so it is quite possible that you have a bespoke, repaired (even galvanised) bulkhead with plain footwells.
Not a problem unless you are an out-&-out rivet counter. You can always hide the plain footwells with a rubber mat which is probable why they rusted out in the first place 

 

[milesr3]

A pic below is the completed bulkhead.

One thing I have noticed with some of the footwells I've seen is some distortion around the swaging. The Les Crombie ones I obtained look a little neater, possibly with thicker steel, but on the downside there were a couple of gaps that needed attending to when they were fitted.

[Craig T]

Wish they were available when I restored my Land Rover back in 2000 Only available foot wells back then were generic flat pressings.

I added the blanking plates to the top of the passenger well so they look about right from the engine bay but no ribs on the underside. At least mine is a station wagon so rubber mats do cover that up.

I guess at the time I wasn't going for the rivet counting restoration that it turned into either...

Craig.

[agg221]

One thing I have noticed with some of the footwells I've seen is some distortion around the swaging. The Les Crombie ones I obtained look a little neater, possibly with thicker steel, but on the downside there were a couple of gaps that needed attending to when they were fitted.

Mine are from Catmint and the swaging is very neat. The only limitation is the minimum radius which can be obtained on the edge of the swage when forming by hand rather than with a closed die.

Again though there has been some need for adjustment to get a good fit.

Alec

[Gordon L]

Thumbs up for Gordon Furness from me  too, he is a perfectionist and thoroughly nice bloke based in North Yorkhshire.
Gordon is donating a set of ribbed footwell repairs as a rally raffle prize for Ripon 2020
www.catmint.biz

[agg221]

These are mine - only current shot is from the wrong side unfortunately. You will have to imagine the rib pressings 

Alec