Re: Replacing roof insert

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/5/29 22:49:13

Gee I used to have a chunk of original stuff. I was dealing with an original V-12 where they had replaced the insert and it was leaking. So I looked at a junkyard V-12 to see how Packard built it. The molding was pre-drilled and the system had the water draining through under the molding, with some kind of tar impregnated sealing paper to stop the water from creeping under the Pantasote. All the sealer was under the Pantasote and there was a raised contour to prevent backing up. Along with cotton padding over the chicken wire and cross beams.

I couldn't do anything with the case because they put sealer under the molding and the water was backing up rather than draining away. I suppose I could have ripped the whole thing apart, but the original Packard lacquer paint was going bad because of the weather and the car shouldn't have been driven in the rain anyway. I told him he shouldn't even wash it with a hose because water was getting under the paint.

Maybe you can find a chunk of original stuff. However, there are a lot of cars running around with that Easy Tack convertible top moulding rather than the original super duper Packard stuff. It works because the water is supposed to drain through the molding. And anybody shorter than a giraffe isn't going to give a hoot.