Help on tricky roof repair

Post by **Andrew1967** » Mon May 11, 2015 9:25 pm

Hi,

The front corner of the roof of my pick up, along with part of the door frame is in a poor state. I have a good repair section, cut years ago from a van to use as a repair.

Question is, is it possible to separate the roller welded roof section from the door frame section without damaging them ?

Alternatively, is it feasible to butt weld the two pieces in together without separating them initially ?

I'll post up a pic of the offending area and the repair piece tomorrow.

Cheers

Andrew

Post by **Andrew1967** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:03 pm

Here's the pictures of the offending area and the repair piece.

Any tips or ideas on best way to fit this repair piece. ?

Frogeye61 · Post by **Frogeye61** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:52 pm

Personally I would cut entire section out, cut repair section to fit and butt weld everything.
IMHO

66S · Post by **66S** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:00 am

Hi Andrew,
I'd be inclined to butt weld it across the seam too. I think trying to part it could be fraught with disaster somehow.

Has this rust set in because the restoration has taken soo long?

Al

Callum · Post by **Callum** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:54 pm

Had to do this repair on my mk2, I did it in one as suggested and butt welded. Just made a jig for the a pillar so the windscreen and door apatures didn't move.

Post by **Andrew1967** » Wed May 13, 2015 6:21 pm

Thanks for the answers and I think you have confirmed my thoughts

Al, it seems a lifetime since I started this project but I can confirm that the areas repaired with your body parts are still fine

66S · Post by **66S** » Wed May 13, 2015 8:41 pm

Ahh, so there is some of my DNA in the UK ??

Al

Tupers · Post by **Tupers** » Wed May 13, 2015 8:58 pm

I'd also advocate butt welding it in.

I did this one on a Hornet a while back although I made the repair section.

Post by **pad4** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:42 pm

Yep just cut the fkrr out and butt weld a new piece back in

pad (im never doing a full roof again)

Post by **Andrew1967** » Thu May 14, 2015 5:32 pm

Thanks Callum and Pad, that's what Im going to do.

I'll post up the results in due course

69k1100 · Post by **69k1100** » Fri May 15, 2015 1:48 am

That repair section looks a little suspect?

Post by **Andrew1967** » Fri May 15, 2015 6:08 am

69k1100 wrote:That repair section looks a little suspect?

Compared to what I've got on the pick up its superb.

Apart from the slight repair required on the gutter, it's sound, having been blasted both sides.

Unfortunately the days of cutting this section out of a scrap Mk1 or 2 are long since gone, so I've got to work with what I saved years ago

I actually saved the roof/gutter section for my Mk2 Cooper but the pick up is more needy at the moment

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