pittedcraters.jpg 444 hits | 51.82 KB | Posted: 4/23/10 after grinding some, the pitted areas started crumbling through
lets not kid ourselves, there's onl...
siderust.jpg 322 hits | 76 KB | Posted: 4/15/10 so i decided to cut the skin off
ugly is to the bone
siderust2.jpg 365 hits | 71.73 KB | Posted: 4/15/10 this thing's gonna be a convertible pretty soon
workbench2.jpg 341 hits | 54.65 KB | Posted: 4/19/10 whoop dey it is
HowItStarted.jpg 345 hits | 41.08 KB | Posted: 4/19/10 this must be what the old roof looked like 20 years ago, looks like the same exact spots
template.jpg 427 hits | 66.38 KB | Posted: 4/23/10 i made a template to locate the same points on both roofs. i started with the widest opening at the ...
chopped.jpg 428 hits | 60.9 KB | Posted: 4/23/10 pretty committed at this point
allowance.jpg 318 hits | 67.77 KB | Posted: 4/23/10 i left some allowance metal to form another factory style lap joint below the one on the new roof be...
ApillarXsection.jpg 429 hits | 62.47 KB | Posted: 4/25/10 cross section of the A pillar and hose clamp cutting guide
FirstFit.jpg 315 hits | 60.56 KB | Posted: 4/24/10 first test fit of the new roof, not too bad at all
drvinbed.jpg 315 hits | 66.33 KB | Posted: 4/26/10 driver side bed sail
drvApillar.jpg 353 hits | 64.68 KB | Posted: 4/26/10 drivers side A pillar, hose clamps are holding a piece of plastic tubing for safety
ShldrBeltMount.jpg 416 hits | 40.98 KB | Posted: 5/14/10 the 72 didn't get the same shoulder belt mount that later years did, in the rear corner of the roof
ShldrBeltStructure.jpg 293 hits | 38.89 KB | Posted: 5/14/10 i wonder if i dodged a bullet by not trying to rebuild the inner structure, these reinforcements mig...
NoShlderBelt.jpg 502 hits | 29.53 KB | Posted: 5/14/10 there's nothing there in the 72 roof
WeldTrench.jpg 401 hits | 42.83 KB | Posted: 5/15/10 offsetting both edges created a new recessed seam to weld in and mud over
metal.jpg 339 hits | 58.5 KB | Posted: 5/25/10 we have metal!