Model A 1929 Coupe Roof Filler Panel

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Bump also.

 

All of the midsize (Malibu, Cutlass, etc) GM cars of the early eighties are good candidates for a roof. Btw, I have a 65 Mustang roof if anybody needs one.

 

Here is a comment from another Thread.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=439582

 

My friend Gord has a 31 or 32 Chev coupe. we used the roof panel out of a mini-van (eighty something, not sure what kind) to fill the roof . Here are a few pictures. It went very quickly---Gord brought home the entire roof section from the wreckers---we cut the piece that looked "most suitable" crownwise out about 2" oversized in both directions. We set it on top of the hole in the coupe roof and lined it up and while Gord held it in place I got inside and marked around the edges of the hole with a pencil. We trimmed it to size with a pair of large tinsnips, then set it back in place and tacked it in about 4 places on each side with his mig. The biggest thing to be carefull is that it truly fits into the hole all the way around with no overlap. .020" to .030" gap seems to be just about right. Then very carefully we kept jumping from side to side and front to back putting on tacks untill it was tacked all around the edges with about 1" or less between all the tacks. (This took about 3 hours---we did not want to let any heat build up and "oilcan" the new roof section) I set inside the coupe with a pair of heavy welding gloves and a peice of copper about 3/4" in diameter x about 6" long and held it tight to the inside of the existing coupe body while Gord pushed the new metal down into place against the copper, then tacked it. Alignment with the original metal is critical if you don't paln on using much filler after the fact. Then Gord spent the next three weeks filling in between the tacks a bit each evening in different locations untill it was welded solid. Very little distortion, and very little grinding and/or filler required, ---Brian

 

Actually it was a 67 Chevelle 4dr Hardtop. In my other '29 Coupe I used a 67 Impala 4dr. Many of those mid 60's to mid 70's cars have good contours. I just take a top bow with me when searching and lay it across the donor car roof to check fit. The curve side to side is just about the same as is needed front to back.

 

I used the roof out of a 72 Chevy Vega Stationwagon, it has the ribs in it. Good luck finding one.

 

In response to why our panels are different than others:

We have sold over 1500 panels to every state in the country and around the world with many repeat customers. We have never had a single panel returned because of quality. Every panel is made by hand by Bobby on the Powerhammer and a perfect shape and contour is guaranteed. With our panels there is no bondo/filler required because as I said before - they are perfect.

This is what sets us apart.

Thanks,
Melinda

www.waldenspeedshop.com

 

Hey Melinda, thanks for jumping in here, welcome to the board, I'm still saving money to get that roof panel and still have your autographed poster you sent me, love it.

 

Go with the Walden parts. They are worth every penny. A customer with an A sedan brought me a skin from Howells to fill his roof with, thinking he would save money by supplying the insert. The piece had no compound curve. It was flat from side to side, only rolled front to rear. Maybe the newer ones fit, but that was nowhere even close.

 

I found the roof off of a chevy station wagon at a swap meet that i cut to fit (i think it was a 59 or 60)

 

Nice roof choice NotNuRodz....

 

Thanks Melinda, always nice to hear from a manufacturer supporting the hot rod parts industry.

 

If memory serves me, (back in 1987) I used a mid 70's Ford Torino (or LTD II) for my 30 Coupe. An intimidating job that really turned out to be not so bad.
Anyone got some suggestions on what works on a c-dan? I'm looking to fill my 31.

 

Just reporting back.
I finally got me a 65 Mustang roof cut and hauled it home.
I cut the center sheet portion out of the perimeter gutter, front and rear window edges with my plasma cutter.

Low and behold I placed that sheet over my coupe roof area and it just took up the shape like it was made for it.

It is not welded in yet, so any advice or tricks on what I should do to reinforce the original roof area before welding would be appreciated.

 

I used a 72 Maverick roof turned around backwards for my 31 coupe, per info garnered from the HAMB. Fit really well and was cheap as hell at Pull-a-Part. You could buy a dozen maverick roofs for the price of one of the custom replacements. Very intimdating as I had never filled a roof panel before, but, it just was not that difficult.

BOutlaw