i may have mentioned haveing a sun roof hole in a 68 beaumont, have found a cople donors . Ones a chevelle body that would require changing out the dash panel. the other is a beaumont that im thinking of changing the entire roof from pillar to pillar. thing is i dont see how to access the inside of the rear pillars behind where sail panel is,to reweld. would drip rail be able to come off with roof as one piece? I realize changing roof is bigger job than dropping a body on but beaumont has other usefull parts (frame,dash,rear seat spings ,1/2 a grille rest is rough) . Had the piece that was cut out in trunk and i had it tacked in with no warps until i started filling it in,then it started warping Hints ,guidance ,knowledge ,common sense and opinions would be geatly appreciated
dualquadpete said
Apr 23, 2015
Fill it in, get it straight as possible & Vinyl roof???????
timbuk said
Apr 23, 2015
Dave i think i would add metal into the hole and leave the roof,do you like vinyl tops?
timbuk said
Apr 23, 2015
haha i see Pete has responded almost instantainly with me and the same idea!
Indian said
Apr 23, 2015
You would never het roof contour back with piece of sheet metal. Vinyl roof is easiest for sure, lay down a bucket of glue all over your roof, awesome. The roof is one section, sleeved into A pillars, rear panel the roof comes down about four inches to meet up with the full quarter section pillar and is welded. Look at a full quarter section for your car, you'll see how far up that C pillar goes up. I have ways of pulling those roofs without touching dash, don't know why you need to touch the dash, and replacing them, its what I would do if it was my car and no vinyl roof for me, clean lines. With a extra hand I could have the roofs swapped in a day, not finished just swapped.
427carl said
Apr 23, 2015
Fill the hole properly for gosh sake don't try to replace the whole roof
694279 said
Apr 23, 2015
BUY A NEW ROOF SKIN get a used inner support do the job right the first time ,,,,,, to patch up the roof would take a miracle to make it look good i have been a body man for 30 years
Indian said
Apr 23, 2015
Roof contour will never be the same, unless you want chip goose style bondo sculpting, its not like roof hasn't been changed before, lots of chopped tops around, couple inch chop.
427carl said
Apr 23, 2015
694279 wrote:
BUY A NEW ROOF SKIN get a used inner support do the job right the first time ,,,,,, to patch up the roof would take a miracle to make it look good i have been a body man for 30 years
OR buy a roof skin.... they filled in a sunroof on a Velocity car show filmed in England nice work less than a hour lol
Pontiacanada said
Apr 23, 2015
Make a redneck potato hauling convertible out of it!
Seriously, you'd have to replace more than just the "hole" metal ... it would depend on how skilled you are, and to what level of metal-work you want to get into.
427carl said
Apr 23, 2015
If he cuts off the roof the car will be sitting there 50 years from now Its too big a job for a backyard resto
Beaumontster said
Apr 23, 2015
ive bought a donor with nice roof and am going to replace the whole roof from the pillars
427carl said
Apr 23, 2015
Good for you Good luck we will need photos....
Beaumontster said
Apr 23, 2015
hey timbuk i've bought another beaumont wijh a nice roof ,gonna replace it.other parts on car too like the frame i was looking for, nice dash, front inners and half a grille
timbuk said
Apr 23, 2015
nice that will keep ya busy for sure!starting for EXCEL monday
rabbit64cs said
Apr 23, 2015
Here ya go...
[video=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnIbfz5IFM]
Beaumontster said
Apr 24, 2015
should have bought a bought a camoro ,No drip rails to contend with.Ever checked out the DIY guy on youtube, he's hillarious. He did a roof replacement video
dcneric said
Apr 24, 2015
dave the slave wrote:
should have bought a bought a camoro ,No drip rails to contend with.Ever checked out the DIY guy on youtube, he's hillarious. He did a roof replacement video
First gen Camaro and Firebird have a drip rail. I swapped the roof skin from a good non-vinyl roof to my rotted out one. Did most of the work in one day, on my own. Had to repair a section at the top of the A-pillar which set me back a few hours. Just need to finish plug welding the front and back into place.
So I would concur with Indian, a roof skin is an 8 hour job.
i may have mentioned haveing a sun roof hole in a 68 beaumont, have found a cople donors . Ones a chevelle body that would require changing out the dash panel. the other is a beaumont that im thinking of changing the entire roof from pillar to pillar. thing is i dont see how to access the inside of the rear pillars behind where sail panel is,to reweld. would drip rail be able to come off with roof as one piece? I realize changing roof is bigger job than dropping a body on but beaumont has other usefull parts (frame,dash,rear seat spings ,1/2 a grille rest is rough) . Had the piece that was cut out in trunk and i had it tacked in with no warps until i started filling it in,then it started warping Hints ,guidance ,knowledge ,common sense and opinions would be geatly appreciated
Fill the hole properly for gosh sake don't try to replace the whole roof
BUY A NEW ROOF SKIN get a used inner support do the job right the first time ,,,,,, to patch up the roof would take a miracle to make it look good i have been a body man for 30 years
OR buy a roof skin.... they filled in a sunroof on a Velocity car show filmed in England nice work less than a hour lol
Make a redneck potato hauling convertible out of it!
Seriously, you'd have to replace more than just the "hole" metal ... it would depend on how skilled you are, and to what level of metal-work you want to get into.
If he cuts off the roof the car will be sitting there 50 years from now Its too big a job for a backyard resto
ive bought a donor with nice roof and am going to replace the whole roof from the pillars
Good for you Good luck we will need photos....
hey timbuk i've bought another beaumont wijh a nice roof ,gonna replace it.other parts on car too like the frame i was looking for, nice dash, front inners and half a grille
Here ya go...
[video=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnIbfz5IFM]
First gen Camaro and Firebird have a drip rail. I swapped the roof skin from a good non-vinyl roof to my rotted out one. Did most of the work in one day, on my own. Had to repair a section at the top of the A-pillar which set me back a few hours. Just need to finish plug welding the front and back into place.
So I would concur with Indian, a roof skin is an 8 hour job.