flushed roof

[ravaling 0]

had roof lines filled and painted now its cracking any one had it done if so how and how much cheers :( :( :(

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Think the best way to do it is using proper metal plates and having them welded etc to the roof indents then filled with thin layer of fibreglass and smoothed over (or get them lead-filled but not many places will do this now) otherwise it will just sag crack as filler too thick. It is expensive to have done properly though as quite an involved job. Think few people on here have had it done so they will prob post up here,

 

Cheers and HTH

[ravaling 0]

yeah thats what i was thinking it was going to be but thats going to cost me i would say looks like i,m going to be skint this month then

[dinkus 10]

Yup, lead-filled is the only sure-fire way of doing it without it cracking.

 

The problem is, the chassis flexes when you drive the car hard, so unless you've got something fairly flexible in the guttering, it will eventually crack.

[W3RKD 0]

"why would you want to get soaked everytime it rains and you want the window open?"

 

Also they look very odd on the boot hinge end IMHO

 

Our bodyshop guy has done a few with 1mm undersize strips. i have watched him do one and he uses hardly any filler as the strips are almost perfect, Still dont like it though.

[stormchaser 0]

is this the purple c in plymouth i have seen around?

[ravaling 0]

sure is the purlpe one

[ravaling 0]

looks like its lead for me then going to be an even bigger job then before ah well got to get it done now before the weather sets in

[vwdeviant 0]

Have a post on some of the Hot-rod forums, Lead is an real Old-school technique, amazing and quite scary to watch.

 

Still pretty prevelant in the Rodding arena, so some-one will be able to recommend a good body man locally I'd have thought.....

 

Just a tip, but if you do try not to mention that it's for a "Modern" motor some of the "Hardcore" rodders tend not to think past '59.... Most are very open but (as on all forums) there are the "purist" guys....

[Guest]

I was told that lead was the only way to go.

 

I suggested the welding to my bodyshop guy and he just laughed ,you run a real risk of the roof distorting if you weld, as its so thin.

 

I see what g-man means about the rear section, I've never actually seen any pics of that (hint hint!). Why couldn't you lead fill it, and then have the original plastic bits inserted back in again? I agree you need something to terminate the ends.

[ravaling 0]

ideal thanks for your info looks like the only way it should be done then really be doing it over the winter i think then cheers

[Guest]

show us some pics when you get it done mate :)

[fla 9]

Just a thought - could you fill it with fibreglass with a flexible base to reduce/prevent cracking due to chassis flex?

[ravaling 0]

yeah will do

[ravaling 0]

that sounds like an idea just need to find someone who could do it though