Date:         Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:28:51 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: poptop installation (shudder)
Comments: To: radish150@earthlink.net
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In a message dated 4/5/01 10:43:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
radish150@EARTHLINK.NET writes:


> Ed, I did this once on a bus, did a complete conversion. Now it's possible
> that I did it the hard
> way, it might have been easier to take the glass out and cut and weld at
> the pillars but what I
> did was to section in the new top right above the gutters and fill in the
> imperfections with
> bondo. It looked good when I was done, but I kid you not, that was the
> hardest automotive job I've
> ever done in my life, and believe me I've done a ton of very hard jobs on
> cars and trucks, I would
> NEVER EVER do that again. Personaly if I were you I'd just install the
> kitchen gear (not too bad
>

  obviously you did it the hard way!!   take a look at Karl Bloss's
website..we did the whole thing in a weekend.  no welding necessary
chris

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