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a bondo'd over hole started leaking water inside
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maybe it was for a CB antenna
Rubber Duck ya got yer ears on?
Bandit? Snowman?
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duck tape patch kept the water out for a while
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or so I thought, it kept getting wet inside
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maybe i shoulda put a bigger patch on it?
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saving the edges is gonna be hard enough
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so lets just get rid of the middle part
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the cut-off wheel doesn't turn so good
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after grinding some, the pitted areas started crumbling through
lets not kid ourselves, there's only enough metal left to make a strainer
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so i decided to cut the skin off
ugly is to the bone
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this thing's gonna be a convertible pretty soon
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this must be what the old roof looked like 20 years ago, looks like the same exact spots
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i made a template to locate the same points on both roofs. i started with the widest opening at the bed rails, then trimmed it down to fit in the window opening, then the side window.
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pretty committed at this point
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i left some allowance metal to form another factory style lap joint below the one on the new roof because the allowances on the old quarters are rusted off
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cross section of the A pillar and hose clamp cutting guide
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first test fit of the new roof, not too bad at all
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drivers side A pillar, hose clamps are holding a piece of plastic tubing for safety
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the 72 didn't get the same shoulder belt mount that later years did, in the rear corner of the roof
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i wonder if i dodged a bullet by not trying to rebuild the inner structure, these reinforcements might not be the only changes?
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there's nothing there in the 72 roof
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offsetting both edges created a new recessed seam to weld in and mud over
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