final stages of roof skin

[trbodrt]

I have the new roof skin finally welded up on my 72 dart and getting ready to grind down some of the welds, I have already spot welded the roof to the quarter panel where I drilled out holes previously to de-skin it, my question is should I try to weld the seam solid or will it be fine the way it is, I'm just worried about flex and cracking filler or paint.

 

[Woods74]

Full weld is overkill... The spot welds held for 40 years man. Build the gap with some short strand fiberglass, skim it with light weight, and call it a day. Also add some 2x3 sub-frame connectors, that body isn't going anywhere...

 

[trbodrt]

not so concerned with the spot welds holding or not but more about the sheet metal flexing between the spot welds and cracking paint

 

[rjsjea]

All-Metal or a similar filler over the seam, then body filler as a skim coat. I'd make sure the outside ends of the panel are fully welded if you don't want to do weld it solid.