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Old 08-08-2018, 07:59 PM
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Hey all,

I apologize for not posting updates as frequently lately. I've had to work on some other smaller misc. projects in between, but I've certainly been keeping busy and making forward progress on the Rambler roof....it hasn't been anything to drastically visual which is also one of the reasons I didn't update sooner.

I've got a good grouping of pictures so I'll actually make two different posts to separate them out a bit.

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I believe I mentioned in a previous post that I had fabricated new edges for the roof. This was because the side window opening changed so drastically, but also to compensate for the removal of the drip rails.

I fit and tacked them into place while the skin was still on the vehicle....in this picture I just happened to have pulled the skin off for a while.

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Here's a view with the roof skin laying upside down. You can see I have booth roof edges tacked to the roof.

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Put the skin back on (it's amazing how many times pieces go on and off a car for test fitting!)

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Now that the roof and edges were more secure I could fully TIG weld the joints on each edge piece.

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Now to add to the front edge of the roof. If you look on the passenger side, the large gap left from removing the factory drip rail is seen. I shaped up a new front edge and have started trimming back the driver's side of the roof to fit it in place.

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Here the extended front edge is tacked to the roof skin. This closed up the gap to the windshield header nicely so I could weld that seam closed later.

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Here I've welded the new front edge the full width across the skin (it is not welded to the windshield header yet)

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Took the roof skin off (yet again!) So I had much better access to planish and work my weld seams. Here I've got both sides and the front looking pretty decent.

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This close up show along the length of the side edge shows how the joints came out. I'm happy with that!
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