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66 Mustang - Roof
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The roof edges by the drip rail were wasted, more then likely it spent some time around a Coastal area or a Northern states car in the salt. |
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Now you know why we call it "Rust Stang" |
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Holy holy holy . |
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Even the lead was popped out. |
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Front windshield drip rail edge was also rotted through. |
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Once we got the roof skin off we could see thin spots on the structure also. |
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Heavily pitted under structure will need some work also. |
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Every section either replace or blasted. All were treated with Zinc Chromate before installation of the new top. But |
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It has been media blasted/ prepped and ready to prime. Now we can install the new wind shield pillar cap. |
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Welded on and ready to go. |
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The roof sides were media blasted. |
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Epoxy prime all the blasted areas. |
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Bill cuts another section from our rust free donor roof out of southern California. |
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Once we got all we wanted it was time to cut up the remaining sections to dispose of. Metal Cannibalizing is a thrill. |
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The new roof skin is ready to prep so we can install. |
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All the edges are blasted for clean strong welds to the cars structure. |
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She is ready to attach. Note the spot weld holes that will be used to reweld it to the car. |
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Clamped and fitting where we like it, time to weld it up solid. |