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Alright so this toy that I bought was way over paid. Its a 1991 Geo Tracker. I found out that the floor boards are rotted through and the rear end frame is rotted out. Anyone got any good, strong and especially cheap fixes for this problem?

some companies make pop out panels for the floors for some rigs.  you could just pick up a sheet of sheetmetal and make your own templets out of cardboard.

Year, make and model would be helpful.

I have in the past used jcwhitney floor patches as well as just some 18ga cold rolled steel.
What ever you do, afterwards healthy amounts of por15 or a quality undercoating

Do you have any company names that you could tell me about?

I have used por 15 in the past and found it overpriced with a lackluster performance overall.  I am using CAT paint , for now, it is $30 a gallon vs POR15's $30 a pint cost.

Rich

Do you have a welder or free access to one?

If not do you have a rivet tool and drill?

I do not have a welder and a rivet tool can be easy to get. Would rivets hold on strong enough though? especilly to a rock

If your floor boards are taking hits from rocks, you might have other issues

A cheap fix,
Head to the scrap yard and look for some sheetmetal
Older truck hoods, washing machines, and such
Cut out the bad in the floor
Cut and pop rivet the recycled sheetmetal
Seal the new piece with seem sealer
Not pretty, but it will do the job.

Short story

There is an older gentleman that stops by my shop every once in awhile. He owns an older car with an aged exhaust system. He doesn’t have much and can’t afford buying new or paying someone to do the work so I keep patching this exhaust. Each time I install a new patch from my scrap pile onto his exhaust you would think I just handed him a $100 bill.

You don’t always need the best fix, sometimes good is good enough.