Vynal Roof Rust Repair

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Javelin roof
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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You're not gonna like this! The usual "fix" for something like this 
is
to find another car with a good roof, cut it off, and weld onto the
bad roofed car. How far down the windshield posts is the rust? You
need at least a couple inches of post near the bottom to weld to. The
sail panels can be cut right through the center of the rear window 
and
side window, but will be better if you get a TSM and find the 
original
factory seam and cut that. The windshield header is the main thing
that holds the car up if it overturns. Without a strong windshield
header (and posts) you'll get crushed in an accident. If you end up
patching the posts, install a roll bar -- a good one. 

On August 9, 2005 Dixiana wrote:

> Greetings, friends!
> 
> Got a problem I'm hoping someone's seen before. I recently acquired
> a '73 Javelin with a vinyl top. The top was rough and unready, so I
> removed it, to discover a serious cancer problem underneath. A lot
> of the upper sheetmetal by the windshield is gone; you can see the
> metal underneath that is the cockpit's ceiling. Anybody out there
> dealt with a similar problem that can give me some ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Dave McCombs
> Monroeville, AL


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Yup...... that is the Best way - only other 
way is to kill all the rust with phosphoric acid
solution, fibre' glas in the holes & install another
vynal roof over it.

If the car is nice otherwise, find a nice roof &
have a reputable welder handle the details.

             Brien.
         NEW YORK
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