69 442 gutter delete
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The outer roof panel is spot welded to the inner roof frame at that gutter line, and body seam sealer is brushed into the gutter to both seal that seam and cover the spot welds. Removing the gutters requires you to fully edge weld and metal finish that seam for both appearances and sealing. Are your metalworking skills up to that?
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I did this to my car. It's not that daunting of a task but, very tedious. only cut away about 6" of gutter at a time and tack every inch or so to keep the roof panel from lifting then go back and get a tack every 1/2". Take you're time and cool the tacks with compressed air, you do not want to warp the roof panel. Here is a picture of what it looks like, if you want to see more pictures, look here
#9
I did this to my car. It's not that daunting of a task but, very tedious. only cut away about 6" of gutter at a time and tack every inch or so to keep the roof panel from lifting then go back and get a tack every 1/2". Take you're time and cool the tacks with compressed air, you do not want to warp the roof panel. Here is a picture of what it looks like, if you want to see more pictures, look here
#10
As far fab skill I'm learning as I go, I watched some videos that showed to do it every 6 inch or so like stated. I think it looks sweet with the rails deleted. So far it seems an easier task than replacing them.
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Way back when I had a few third-gen Trans Ams. The non T-top cars have smooth pillers and no gutters. After buying my first 71 A body and parking them side by side, the gutters really stood out to me. Deleting the window trim I don't think i could get behind though..
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I did this to my car. It's not that daunting of a task but, very tedious. only cut away about 6" of gutter at a time and tack every inch or so to keep the roof panel from lifting then go back and get a tack every 1/2". Take you're time and cool the tacks with compressed air, you do not want to warp the roof panel. Here is a picture of what it looks like, if you want to see more pictures, look here
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Thanks, I really wasn't going for any kind of look with this, my reasoning was the same as the OP of this thread. I will say that I've always thought the gutters were a bit unsightly, however, they would have remained if they weren't rotton.
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