filling a top

• October 24, 2006 05:05 PM - 7957 Views
  

  • Red's Place Custom n Restoration
  • Charlotte North Carolina
  • 7045096397
   
  this is a 35 dodge that I made a panel to fill the top with. Not too many cars nowdays have tops that could be used. Besides if you figure the time it would take to cut it out, clean it, fit it and weld it in you are better off making it yourself if you have the tools or paying someone with the tools to do it for you  
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• October 24, 2006 05:22 PM
  filling a top
  insert welder fully and with alittle grinding and planishing it will be done. This is a body filler finish not totally metal finished. That means it is about 6 hours quicker and still will have less than a 1/8 inch of filler.  
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• October 24, 2006 05:20 PM
  filling a top
  I place tack welds about every inch or 2 just to keep warpage down.  
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• October 24, 2006 05:18 PM
  filling a top
  top fits pretty good so far  
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• October 24, 2006 05:17 PM
  filling a top
  if you enlarge this image you can see my mark for the corners, It takes alot of cutting and grinding to get the fit right but it is worth it in the long run.  
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• October 24, 2006 05:15 PM
  filling a top
  metal piece shaped on the english wheel to get the right contour.I am trial fitting it. the strips with sheetmetal screws are holding it in place they will ensure that I have it back in the same location everytime I take it off and put it back  
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• October 24, 2006 05:13 PM
  filling a top
  this piece has to be removed it sticks up higher than the flange in the opening. I don't usually leave any of the original recess in the top but the customer wants to put the wood back. It makes my job alot harder but he is paying  
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• October 24, 2006 05:11 PM
  filling a top
  pattern cut to fit the opening I lay it out on the sheet of 19 gauge metal.  
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• October 24, 2006 05:09 PM
  filling a top
  the ends of masking tape are seen here I use it to help support the paper so I get the right contour  
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• October 24, 2006 05:08 PM
  filling a top
  I use light weight builders paper for pattern material sometimes. It is strong enough to tell you where to shrink or stretch.  
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