rusty roof tear off
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nasty68
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I need to do this myself one day. How did you know where to cut the A pillars? Is there lead in there too?
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very impressive , great work ! seeing this is a first for me
Once you pull the windshield and gasket you can see the edge of the roof skin in the window channel. There wasn't any lead on mine, just a little bit of filler to cover a seam weld at the junction of the roof skin and pillar. I didn't cut the pillar, just ground the weld connecting the two.
Thanks!
I can get some more pictures if anyone's interested, but there's not that much to it.
I used a sanding disk on a 7" grinder to remove the filler at the quarter seam, then melted the lead out with a propane torch. There are 4 small seam welds, one at each of the A-pillars and on the very back of the quarter seam at the channel. The rest are just spot welds, about 200 of them now that I counted. You can pretty much count on a spot weld every 1 1/2" or so at the least. They're pretty easy to see, although a quick pass with a wire wheel shows them up really well.
Its a little time consuming, but its not really all that hard. And once you get rolling with the spot weld cutter it isn't bad. I was a little cautious with this one since its the donor, so when I pried it off I had to go back and clean up a few spots with a chisel. When I cut the other one off it will go faster since I won't have to worry about preserving the roof skin, just the inner structure and drip rails.
pleasure dart 70
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you are the man thanks for all the pics and info i will do my best to keep u updated on my project.
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