Camaro conversion...t-top off and hard top on

[Mark Yacavone]

It should be noted here, that there is a good reason the factory used lead on the roof seams.
The technique of using a mig welder and then plastic filler over it, might work fine for a street car, but not on a drag racing vehicle.

First hard launch and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about....

[Rusty Davenport]

be sure and watch the video if you can find it......it may change your mind about whether it can be done or not especially on a late model f-body.

[SPS]

Not that difficult to do. We have done this a few times when building Stock or Super Stock cars.

First, you don't need to cut off the whole roof. Just replace the side pieces that are cut out for the T roofs.
You should be able to easily find the sections from a wreck. Trim them, drill out the spot welds and fit and weld them in place.

The inside trim and door/window rubbers are different too, so you'll need them. You'll also need the one piece fiberglass roof panel. A glass guy can remove the old one as well as one from a wreck if you find one.

.....and there are no leaded seams!!

Hope this helps.

FJ Smith

[Mark Yacavone]

.....and there are no leaded seams!!

Hope this helps.

FJ Smith[/QUOTE]

I figured that ,FJ. I was speaking in generalities . I'd seen a bad example recently.

[Ed Wright]

Didn't body-in-whites come with the roof panels, so they could go either way?

[K Stubbs]

FJ is right, not hard to do. On a previous car, we cut the other top off with piano wire and the fillers (drilled out spot welds) welded in with a little grinding and you are ready to urethane the new top on.

[Rusty Davenport]

Anyone east of the Mississippi with experience at this conversion want the job ???? Do you guys want to recommend anyone ????