Roof seam.

[carguy300]

I have a question about my 300 top. The vinyl was removed and there is some pieces of the body puddy at the roof lines missing.Can I just sand down and use body filler, bondo, or is there something better to use prior to a new top?

 

[carguy300]

Couple of pics.

 

[CBODY67]

The original material was probably lead, but it might be best to clean/sand and rust coat/treat the area as good as possible, even from the interior of the roof. Then use a quality filler to smooth everything out.

3M used to make a product "AlumaLead" for rust repair of GM lower back glass, in the corners where water would accumulate and they did not paint that well on a vinyl roof car. Something like that, designed for a smaller area spot repair, might work well for the roof/quarter panel seams? You might check the 3M online catalog for more information.

Just some thoughts,
CBODY67

 

[carguy300]

Thanks for that info.

 

[Imperial_Eagle_72]

Painted top cars had leaded seams. Vinyl top cars had body filler seams.

 

[carguy300]

Painted top cars had leaded seams. Vinyl top cars had body filler seams.

Thats what I wanted to know. Thanks.

 

[Gelgoog13]

Haven't pulled the vinyl top off my Newport yet. But when working on my Galaxie, we pulled a little to much lead out of the roof seam when stripping the paint. We just used bondo to fill it back up

 

[bigmoparjeff]

Use Tiger Hair or Kitty Hair or All Metal, but not just regular plastic filler.

Jeff

 

[Boydsdodge]

You want a putty with fibres on joints.