got my donor roof now what?

[trbodrt]

Just got back from the mopar spring fling and i'm nicely sunburnt. picked up a nice non vinyle donor roof for my 72 dart. Now i just have to figure out how to put it on.

 

[68383GTS]

make it a rag top and forget about it.LOL

 

[crackedback]

enjoy the spotweld cutting...

Best thing is to use a grinder to cut the old spots out where you can and drill the rest. Be careful not to go too far with the grinder and start killing the substructure. You aren't saving the panels so who gives a crap about what it looks like when removed.

 

[72dustyer]

yeah and dont breathe in too much lead when removing the seams. IE dont grind it out. =P~

 

[SleeperScamp]

I went below the lead filled seam on mine... Just used the skin also. Drilling the spot welds is the worst of it.. Go back and look at my restoration thread and you can see how I did it. Not saying its the right way but it worked good for me. Good luck.

 

[greg]

So true about the spot welds!! You have to drill them on the donor roof and the project car. I did my 68 Dart last summer. Rotton vinyl roofs........

 

[trbodrt]

That's what i was thinking as far as drilling out the spot welds but going below the factory seam on the C-pillar and above on the A-pillar, I won't have to worry about burning out the lead and re-filling it.

 

[SleeperScamp]

That's what i was thinking as far as drilling out the spot welds but going below the factory seam on the C-pillar and above on the A-pillar, I won't have to worry about burning out the lead and re-filling it.

Exactly what I did..

 

[BigSlim]

Start "measurin" and "cuttin"! Make it look something like this.........

 

[trbodrt]

damn that looks good, lol.