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Re: Rusty Roof Best Approach?
Hi guys. After a ton of scraping, grinding, cutting, welding, cleaning, and painting, I am close to the point where the new outer roof can go on. The original plan was to glue the roof down (as was done by some others on this forum) but it looks like it might not give the best fit. Welding it on will give me an opportunity to manipulate the fit between welds and may get it to fit together better.
Can some of the sheet metal gurus chime in with their thoughts? I included a few photos below. My two major fitment issues are:
1) Gap wide in one section (see green arrow in second photo below)
2) Roof sitting lower than rear edge of cab (red arrow in second photo below)
One thing to note is that when I cut the old roof off I accidentally cut out the rear inside lip that would be needed if I were gluing the roof. So I fabricated a lip and welded on one small section to test. I am not liking how the added lip interacts with the new roof and it seems like it might be more trouble than it is worth. Again, if I just weld that seem then the underlying lip is not required.
Please let me know what you all think. Thanks.
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