Re: Roof repair?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/8/23 8:39:54

If I understand your question, you don't build the assembly separately and external to the car for later installation as a completed unit, you build it, step by step, within the car body structure.

I suspect by this time the vast majority of collector cars that had roof inserts have had them replaced, so it's not an uncommon requirement for cars of that era. Though the padding and stretching of the fabric cover to get uniform tension and appearance can be pesky, often the hardest part of the job on Packards and othersis the molding that surrounds the seam. Often it was of formed aluminum molding in several sections with a slightly complex profile, fastened down by a series of slightly countersunk wood screws which were then covered with filler prior to painting. Replacement molding is NA and often the original material has deteriorated, requiring some ingenuity in replacing it.