Here is the car on it's way home from the seller's house, this was the good side...
Here are some shots of the rust...
The driver side wasn't as bad, but it did have some rust:
I got really lucky one day & found a guy on craigslist who was selling a very nice condition roof only an hour away, so I picked it up!
I removed all of the interior & the glass from the car to prep it for the roof swap:
After a lot of measuring/marking, I cleaned the areas around where I was going to cut & marked where to make the cuts:
I used a few bottle jacks/jack stands to support the car as much as possible:
Next I braced the inside so it wouldn't move too much once I cut the roof off, the roof is a very important structural component so I wanted to try & keep the car straight once I cut it:
I used a 4 1/2" angle grinder to make the cuts since this is a tool I use a lot & am very good with, a sawzall or air saw would also have worked well. Here is the car as a convertible! I decided to keep the doors in place to help with supporting the body:
My twin brother helping with some of the welding (he is a better welder than I am
). The tie down was used to bring the car back where it was, the body did shift slightly despite my efforts to brace/support it, but the new roof lined up very well.
New roof in place!
No more rust!!!
My dog Odin checking my work:
Unfortunately after all of this work the car was put on the side burner while I got my house ready to sell:
And the sad day came when I had to let it go
