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01-21-2023, 09:20 AM | #1 |
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Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Has anybody have any experience?
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01-21-2023, 12:19 PM | #2 |
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Yes.
One of the cars I built (it's still out there, so I won't be specific) had to have the top replaced. When I was stripping it down, I found that the top had been brazed on (!) previously. Figuring that wasn't a good idea with a torquey stick shift car, I had to fix it. I was given a donor body from a similar line of GM cars. I cut the roof off mine, below the brazing, and then mig welded the new top on at a point below the previous splice. I though about taking about an inch out of the top height while I was at it, but of course that wouldn't have been legal ;-) What's going on with you, Larry?
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Larry, The guy you want to talk to is Chris Avaritt, at CrossThread Customs. He's on these boards as "Crisco", he worked for Kevin Cradduck at NitroPlate. Best paint and body man you'll find.Period.
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
He’s probably trying to figure out how to add a couple of inches.😁
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01-22-2023, 08:15 AM | #6 |
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Looking at a car with a top that’s bad and was trying to figure out what made dollars and cents.
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01-23-2023, 09:14 AM | #7 |
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01-23-2023, 11:32 AM | #8 |
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
We switched a Firebird from T-tops to a hardtop. It really wasn't that bad. Finding NOS parts was probably the hardest part.
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Larry, are you speaking of your Drag Pak? If so, I can help you with what you need to know. I replaced the Roof skin on mine.It was pretty straight forward.
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Re: Replacing the top on damaged hardtop car
Nostalgia SS car / chase car for NMCA. I believe we can go 13.00 through the muffler.
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