Update 4/22
 

Been under the weather lately, literally .....it snowed for four days and left 18 inches last week and then the sun came out and there is very little snow left. But there is a chance for snow again today, huh ?

Worked on the front corners of the roof a little, couple slices and some hammering. My AMD rep reported that his people are measuring some door skins for me and they will be here this week ....they better fit, cuz I need to reference the door before I take off the quarters.

And I ordered Chassisworks' Mini Tubs w/ closeout panels :thumbsup: they should be here this week also!!!

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The roof skin on my '68 was exactly the same. I ended up having to trim both drip rails. The rear window corners were a major PITA. Ultimately I ended up cutting the window channel corners free from the roof, reshaping it, and adding in a pie shaped wedge to fill in the gaps vacated when I pulled the corners in.

It also seemed a little "short" from front to back. I ended up welding a few 3/4 washers to the window channel in front and back, then used ratchet straps to stretch everything into place. It worked fantastic to pull everything into place, and as an added bonus put a good bit of tension on the metal preventing much of the oilcanning I've noticed on some replaced roof skins.

just got my AMD roof on and it also needed alot of attention,your doing a great job with this car,greta detail work

also covered inside with Fatmat before final install,really made it solid and easier now than laterhttp://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7617dfb6.jpg

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for the heads up, appreciate the info!

Rhino ... seems I have the length ok. Hey, did you use the factory trim around the front and back? Did you fit the radius on the corners to see if the roof would match up? Been thinking of digging mine out and doing just that ... before I weld. I may have to cut out corners to get it to lay flat also ... we'll see, thanks.

Thanks ... this roof will require some thought, multiple angles of the dangles and radius to match the window dressing.
Your car is coming out fantastic ... seems like it is moving along very fast. LOOKING NICE!

I am going to order Spectrum 2nd skin here real quick so I can get the inside of the quarters and the underside of the roof as well ... that Fatman looks good too. ANYTHING is better than a bare roof :thumbsup:

OH YEAH, IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!!!!

Very good point, and something I had driven far from my memory :)
I did buy my trim ahead of time and test fitted the contour of it to the roof skin. I'm really particular to how the window trim fits and was appalled by the gaps right out of the box.
Seeing how poorly the two fit prior to any modification is what drove me to rebuilding the corners.

The drivers side rear chrome fit real well on mine but the right rear was way off and had to do some work to front corners also.

I highly suggest everyone read this site. It is completely unnecessary to cover an entire panel in sound deadener...

http://sounddeadenershowdown.com/how...-tile%E2%84%A2

I'm a car audio nut from way back and all these builds where everyone covers every square inch of a panel is only adding more weight to the vehicle and spending more money than needed.

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I will have to find my trim pieces fer sure ... hopefully the rear and front are different, cuz I can't remember which is which.

Thanks seems like I have my work cut out for me ... oh well, nothing new!!!

Jeremy ... I've read something similar to this website before, and I read this one also. I like his use of tiles to cover 25% and then the mass loaded vinyl, I planned to use Spectrum on the inside quarters and the sail panel cuz it sprays to cover. I will spray the roof just cuz it's not installed yet.

Thanks for the link .... everyone should read this info in this link!

I'm not real familiar with the products like Lizard Skin. Those types of products are relatively new to the market. I haven't messed around with car audio very much since the early 2000's, so haven't kept up with the market.

One thing we have to remember is we are not building a Mercedes. There's a lot of great builds on this site as well as others. I think we are getting to a point where we are trying to refine our cars to meet the standards of such brands as Mercedes, BMW, etc.. To each his own though. For me, I like to add some refinements to our old steel, but still keep the car true to its roots.

With that said, I do plan to use UPol Raptor liner underneath my car and in the trunk area. I also plan to use Dynamat Xtreme along with a CCF. I'm keeping the jute padding on my carpet and not utilizing anything like MLV. That stuff is extremely heavy. If I were building a stereo system on wheels, then I'd go all out. However, its not really necessary for my build as well as many others.