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The T-Top project

From 1988 Ford Bronco “Do & Hope”, documented by Moseley Matheson.

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1988 Ford Bronco - Some pictures of what I started with. 1988 Ford Bronco - Tight close-up of the lower corner of a dark blue truck windshield and A-pillar in sunlight, showing a small paint chip on the pillar and t… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up along the dark blue windshield header and drip rail of a truck, showing chipped and peeling paint with primer showing through at t… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up looking up at the dark blue rear roof corner and door opening of an SUV with the door removed or open, showing the seam sealer, dr… 1988 Ford Bronco - Upward view along the roof edge and door opening of a dark blue truck, showing the tan headliner with molded storage pockets, an overhead d… 1988 Ford Bronco - High-angle view across the dark blue roof of a truck with the door open, showing paint chips and scuffs on the roof skin, the drip rail and… 1988 Ford Bronco - First cuts on the test subject. 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the B-pillar and rear body seam on a dark truck, with a chrome grab handle bolted to the panel on rusting mounting plates and m… 1988 Ford Bronco - Here's what I found. 1988 Ford Bronco - and the top side. 1988 Ford Bronco - First step, determining if I can make a removable window frame. 1988 Ford Bronco - Plating the door with a female receiver for the window frame. 1988 Ford Bronco - The post that comes out of the window frame and into the door. 1988 Ford Bronco - Ta-da! 1988 Ford Bronco - Same with the top part. 1988 Ford Bronco - Not bad. 1988 Ford Bronco - And now to see about the top. 1988 Ford Bronco - So this is what is under there. 1988 Ford Bronco - Sunlight! 1988 Ford Bronco - What it looks like. I left the roof section that the door seals against to determine dimensions for the lexan. 1988 Ford Bronco - Area that will need to be closed off. 1988 Ford Bronco - same here. 1988 Ford Bronco - Needed to stretch my legs. 1988 Ford Bronco - Lexan in with the window window guides in the roof. 1988 Ford Bronco - This was when I decided I could do this to the truck I liked. 1988 Ford Bronco - The surgery begins on the Blue Bronco. 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a dark blue truck body pillar marked with green masking tape as a cut guide, with a grinder cut already started through the met… 1988 Ford Bronco - door plated. 1988 Ford Bronco - Dark, tight close-up of a body bracket or mounting tab caked in crumbly white residue, with a bolt hole through the center and a bolt head… 1988 Ford Bronco - Post for the window frame. 1988 Ford Bronco - Other side. 1988 Ford Bronco - NO GOING BACK NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1988 Ford Bronco - Truck roof and cowl seen from above with green masking tape laid out as cut lines around the windshield frame, the roof panel weathered dow… 1988 Ford Bronco - Elevated view of a truck with its hardtop roof cut away, showing the sawn windshield frame and drip rail with masking tape along the cut li… 1988 Ford Bronco - In-progress bodywork on a truck cab in a shop with OSB walls: the roof panel is cut open and the removed section rests on top, with masking… 1988 Ford Bronco - Decided to rivet the window guides in, instead of welding, makes it less permanent in case I need to change something, and my welding isn't… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close view of the front corner of a dark blue removable hardtop under repair in a garage, with a white replacement drip-rail flange riveted… 1988 Ford Bronco - Looking down the roof of a removable hardtop stripped to bare metal, with a long row of ground-flat plug welds running along the drip rail… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up along the lower edge of a dark body panel in a garage, showing a row of ground-down spot welds or plug welds and grinder marks alo… 1988 Ford Bronco - Roof panel of a vehicle stripped to bare metal showing welded roof bows and seam; cardboard box labeled 'Body 1 of 2' rests on the roof. 1988 Ford Bronco - My good friend Shane Durham helping a little on the project. 1988 Ford Bronco - A man in a face shield and camo shorts throws a shower of sparks cutting the roof rail of a dark blue SUV with a yellow DeWalt angle grinde… 1988 Ford Bronco - He's really getting into it. 1988 Ford Bronco - Trying my hand at some bondo work. 1988 Ford Bronco - View across a truck's door opening with the hardtop off, showing a brown door panel with a molded pull cup and a wrapped steering wheel ins… 1988 Ford Bronco - Time to cut the rest of the roof out. 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a dark blue truck body where the roof and rear window opening have been cut, showing a fresh saw line through the sheet metal w… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of the interior of a vehicle, showing the damaged roof opening covered with white material. The dashboard and seats are visib… 1988 Ford Bronco - Plated in. 1988 Ford Bronco - Body-repair close-up of the upper corner of a dark blue cowl/windshield frame with pink body filler skimmed over a welded and ground repair… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of a damaged and repaired vehicle roofline, showing metalwork, body filler, and a rubber seal. Cardboard is used to protect t… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up view of damaged and repaired metalwork on the interior of a vehicle, likely a car or truck, showing welding and body filler. 1988 Ford Bronco - The underside of a vehicle's roof structure is shown, with visible welds and black paint. A yellow decal with text is partially visible on… 1988 Ford Bronco - A close-up, blurry shot shows a dark-colored, possibly metallic, vehicle part with some surface debris. A tan fabric with a patterned borde… 1988 Ford Bronco - A close-up view of the weathered, black rubber seal and black metal frame of a vehicle's roofline, possibly a convertible or t-top, showing… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior close-up of a truck's windshield header with the trim removed, showing bare metal streaked with black overspray or sealer above th… 1988 Ford Bronco - Looking up at the roofless cab of a tan truck with the removable top off, showing the windshield header and B-pillar hoop with fresh weld b… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up interior view of the headliner and roof structure of a vehicle, possibly a Ford Bronco, showing exposed wiring and sealant around… 1988 Ford Bronco - A close-up view of the upper edge of a vehicle's windshield area, showing black painted metal with some signs of repair or modification. Ye… 1988 Ford Bronco - The interior of a vehicle is shown, focusing on the headliner and the area around the windshield opening. The headliner appears to be in th… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view up at the windshield header and roof rail of a truck cab with the top removed, showing bare weld seams, a dome-light opening… 1988 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a stripped truck roof panel and windshield header, showing bare black-painted metal, exposed spot-weld flanges and a gree… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a stripped and sanded roof and drip rail on a dark truck cab, showing sanding dust, exposed seam sealer and rivet/screw holes a… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a truck's A-pillar top and windshield header smeared with black seam sealer over bare metal, with a drilled hole and stamped in… 1988 Ford Bronco - Inside a tan-trimmed truck cab looking at the passenger A-pillar and windshield header, with the headliner removed to reveal bare roof meta… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior of a tan-trimmed truck cab shot from the passenger side, showing a three-gauge pod mounted on top of the dash, a laced-on steering… 1988 Ford Bronco - The headboard removed and cut to size. This was much harder to do then the headliner on the Cent as the board was made of foam, instead of… 1988 Ford Bronco - Got the fabric on. 1988 Ford Bronco - The 'some-what' finished product. I'd say I'm 95% finished. 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view up at the front windshield header of a truck cab, showing a tan cloth-covered headliner panel and sun visor against the black… 1988 Ford Bronco - Looking up at the passenger-side windshield header and A-pillar of a truck cab, where a tan cloth headliner meets black weatherstrip and a… 1988 Ford Bronco - Low angle inside a truck cab looking up at the tan cloth-covered windshield header panel where it meets black weatherstrip and a bare metal… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior shot looking up at a freshly covered tan cloth headliner in a truck cab, with a black dome/map light housing set into the panel ne… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view up at a freshly recovered tan cloth headliner and A-pillar trim in a truck cab, with the windshield header rubber seal and th… 1988 Ford Bronco - Side view of the driver's door and rear quarter of a dark blue two-tone Ford Bronco parked on grass under a shade tree, with the window dow… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a dark blue truck's roof drip rail and door window frame from outside, showing the bolted trim strip along the rail, weatherstr… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up along the roofline of a dark-colored Ford Bronco showing the seam where the removable top meets the cab, with the rubber weatherst… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view looking up and forward inside a tan-trimmed truck cab with an open sunroof panel in the headliner, the windshield and rear ca… 1988 Ford Bronco - Overhead front view of a dark blue/gray vehicle showing the windshield, twin wipers, and a distinctive raised roof panel or partially remov… 1988 Ford Bronco - High front three-quarter view of a dark blue Ford 4x4 SUV parked on grass in front of a chain-link fence and cedar trees, showing a faded r… 1988 Ford Bronco - A dark blue 1988 Ford Bronco SUV viewed from a high front-three-quarter angle, with its removable hardtop roof visible and a chrome brush/g… 1988 Ford Bronco - A dark blue/black vehicle with its removable hardtop roof panels partially detached and lifted above the windshield, showing the tan interi… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior of a full-size Ford Bronco with the rear hardtop removed, shot from behind looking forward past tan cloth bucket seats, tan door p… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior shot looking up and forward from the back seat of a Ford Bronco with the rear hardtop section removed, showing tan headliner, tan… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view from the passenger side of a 1980s Ford truck or Bronco with tan/brown trim, looking out the open driver's window past a leat… 1988 Ford Bronco - Interior view over the open passenger side of a dark blue full-size Ford truck with the roof and doors removed, showing a tan padded roll b… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the upper driver-side corner of a black windshield frame and roof edge, showing the rubber weatherstrip channel and a gray seal… 1988 Ford Bronco - A black two-door Ford Bronco SUV shown in side profile, lifted on large off-road tires with steel wheels, top open with brown interior seat…