1972 Duster Build with my Daughter
Too long of a break.... Last weekend was a record snow storm and I was digging out and getting snow off the flat roof.... while fighting off a cold. 14" of that white stuff..... Feeling better now, and the snow is gone. 70F this weekend, more like it.
Spent this evening after work getting ready for the vinyl top. masked off, roof scuffed with 320 grit, cleaned with SPI 700 Wax and Grease remover.
Some hints here. Mark where the trim clips are. The are a bugger to find after the fact..
Now find the middle of the front and rear glass opening and mark.
Now find the width of the top between the front to back seams.
Take half that measurement from the center each direction front and back openings.
Now run tape front to back with the inside of the tap lined up with the inside of the seam
The Coronet I wrapped the top around the drip rail because the trim was made for the vinyl top. This one I am not going to do that so I masked off the face of the drip rail and will cut the top flush with the top and only catch the lip of the drip rail trim because the trim is likely not for a vinyl top car..
This will be the guide tomorrow. Got out the wife clothes steam machine and filled it with water.
Look what the UPS man brought....
So here is a great series on installing vinyl tops. The host Pete is ding-dong and a hack but this one he goes to a real shop that installs tops and this is how I am going to do it. The trick of the steamer is new to me so I will see if that makes the job easier.... And they are doing an A Body!
Too long of a break.... Last weekend was a record snow storm and I was digging out and getting snow off the flat roof.... while fighting off a cold. 14" of that white stuff..... Feeling better now, and the snow is gone. 70F this weekend, more like it.
Spent this evening after work getting ready for the vinyl top. masked off, roof scuffed with 320 grit, cleaned with SPI 700 Wax and Grease remover.
Some hints here. Mark where the trim clips are. The are a bugger to find after the fact..
Now find the middle of the front and rear glass opening and mark.
Now find the width of the top between the front to back seams.
Take half that measurement from the center each direction front and back openings.
Now run tape front to back with the inside of the tap lined up with the inside of the seam
The Coronet I wrapped the top around the drip rail because the trim was made for the vinyl top. This one I am not going to do that so I masked off the face of the drip rail and will cut the top flush with the top and only catch the lip of the drip rail trim because the trim is likely not for a vinyl top car..
This will be the guide tomorrow. Got out the wife clothes steam machine and filled it with water.
Look what the UPS man brought....
So here is a great series on installing vinyl tops. The host Pete is ding-dong and a hack but this one he goes to a real shop that installs tops and this is how I am going to do it. The trick of the steamer is new to me so I will see if that makes the job easier.... And they are doing an A Body!
