Re: Javelin roof

[farna@xxxxxxx]

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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