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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 |
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.....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.
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Didn't body-in-whites come with the roof panels, so they could go either way?
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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.
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Anyone east of the Mississippi with experience at this conversion want the job ???? Do you guys want to recommend anyone ????
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Rusty,
Give Steve McCreary a call and see if this is something he would tackle. |
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