Roof seam.

carguy300

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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?
 
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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
 
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
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