for the heads up, appreciate the info!
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Originally Posted by Rhino
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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by tubbed69
just got my AMD roof on and it also needed alot of attention,your doing a great job with this car,greta detail work
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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!
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Originally Posted by tubbed69
also covered inside with Fatmat before final install,really made it solid and easier now than later  |
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
OH YEAH, IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!!!!