Well today, was a big fab day. Dad came home from work and wanted to
start hacking on the roof we bought. So I said sweet, lets do it! Peter
and I brought the roof sections out from the back yard to in front
of the garage and put the bigger one on a jack stand, after I scraped off the roof
insulation. Basically, the amount we need out of the roof sections I
bought is a very small part of them. But very vital to the project!
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So we brought it out, ready to be worked on!
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Just for fun, I scraped out the old insulation.
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Put it right side up on a jack stand, so the rear didn't collapse on us.
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Grinding the lead off to expose the weld of the seam.
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Weld found, and wiping the goop off so we can see the spot welds.
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Using a scotch-brite pad attachment on the angle grinder to make the spot welds more visible.
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Starting to drill out the spot welds.
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Starting to drill up the pilot holes to 1/4 inch.
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My dad borrowed a saw from work. It was quite loud, the neighbors shut their garage door!
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Cutting the front part of the roof!
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Breaking the seam where the spot welds still have a little hold.
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Got it apart in one piece!
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All done! Well, maybe not...
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Putting the new A pillars away so we don't lose them.
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Cutting the outer skin around the rear window on the smaller roof.
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Trying to get the outside skin loose on the smaller roof section.
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Pounding the roof apart.
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There you go!
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Drilling out the rear spot welds.
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Cutting the rear skin around the window.
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Trying to get the outside skin loose, the seam area was holding it in place.
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Oops
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After all that work, that's what we got! Plus the front part not shown.
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| Final grinds of the evening, getting dark, done for today. |
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