Pics of Roof

blondie67 · 06-16-2008, 12:02 PM

Well, here they are..pics of roof. It was Sunday when I took these so they waited for me to come take them. It was dark so hopefully they'll be viewable. No tears or sympathies please. Just want to fix it....There is no rust on the supports, so that's okay, but the roof is shot....

Blondiewantstodrive67

Rukee · 06-16-2008, 12:11 PM

That is very unusual, I wonder what happened to cause the roof to do that?
Replacing the whole thing like your planning is going to be the hot ticket.

blondie67 · 06-16-2008, 01:15 PM

Rukee,
Very unusual...especially since the car has virtually no rust anywhere else! I believe that the roof was probably showing rust at one point and instead of fixing it, they tried to cover it resulting in the fast spreading of the rust under the vinyl. If they didn't do that, there would've been no rust in the trunk or on the bracket behind the back seat. There is only minor surface rust on the floor pans. Go figure....
Linda

05GTO · 06-16-2008, 01:49 PM

Damn, that's ugly!

blondie67 · 06-16-2008, 02:20 PM

I can think of some other words....there was glue stuck on not just from the vinyl top, but from the fiberglass that wouldn't even come off! Now who would do that?
L

PDQ GTO · 06-16-2008, 02:31 PM

Sure looks like a Bondo. fix to me, or maybe they were in residential construction and used joint compound...

I need to stop bitching about the clay bar process because that’s nothing compared to what you have taken on…Best of luck.

My wife and I will be in Bellingham for the Christmas Holiday visiting family, maybe we will see your GTO around town by then…

blondie67 · 06-16-2008, 02:51 PM

A fellow member in Bellingham?

I don't think it was bondo. They ACTUALLY really did glue a piece of fiberglass on top of the roof. The body shop guy who's been doing cars for 48 years was horrified. Says he's seen bad roofs but never, never a fiberglass job. I told him to take pics for his grandchildren to see

Linda

PDQ GTO · 06-16-2008, 03:25 PM

Well – kind of a Bellingham dude. My wife was born and raised there. She came to Northern California in the early 90’s. Grew up at the bottom of Alabama Hill and went to Sehome High School, class of 81.…

We visit Bellingham every other Christmas to be with her mother and this year is a Bellingham Christmas…

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Originally Posted by blondie67

A fellow member in Bellingham?

I don't think it was bondo. They ACTUALLY really did glue a piece of fiberglass on top of the roof. The body shop guy who's been doing cars for 48 years was horrified. Says he's seen bad roofs but never, never a fiberglass job. I told him to take pics for his grandchildren to see

Linda

blondie67 · 06-19-2008, 01:18 PM

Hey Guys,
Found a roof in Vancouver WA. Took some coaxing, but had guys at All American take pics and looks like a good roof. My body guy saved my fender and feels that once he takes the old roof off and checks the supports, might be able to use just the skin from the other roof instead of cutting off the whole support system....that would be nice.

blondiethingsarelookingup67

Rukee · 06-19-2008, 03:09 PM

[Crowd chant]

Go Blondie Go - Go Blondie Go !!