26/27 Ford Coupe

I am working on cleaning up my 26 coupe and was wondering if anyone knows if the belt line is reproduced ?

 

Not that I am aware of.
Try finding an old damaged panel and cut the beltline out of it...
Those rear corners are the worst for rust out and have a curve in them as well.

 

Nope... I got lucky and found a rear half that had perfect belt lines and used them.

Fiftyv8... they are compound curved... even worse!!

 

Well I got lucky with an answer so lets try another. The size of the roof! What does everybody use to fill it in? A normal piece of plywood is too small so what does everybody use?

 

Used 3/4 plywood. A friend who is in to woodworking made a piece large enough by routing a step on two edges of the sheet. He did the same to two strips about 8 inches wide and glued them to the sheet with epoxy resin. this created a piece of plywood larger than the roof. After we installed it, I put2 or 3 coats of epoxy resin on it and sanded it smooth. Hope this is clear enough to understand. P M me if you want more info

 

I used a ping pong table top can be ordered from any lumber yard. 5 x 5

 

I went expensive and got my roof replaced with all sheet metal.
There are a few that have been done this way.
The roof sure wont leak or flap around at highway speeds.

 

Two questions.
1 What gauge sheet metal are you using?
2 Is that a Model A visor?

 

I used a wood kit from fordoor.com and then made my own visor since the stock one is way too long... but I think a Model A visor could be modified to work and look good!

 

1. In millimeters it was about 1.2mm not sure what that is in gauge measurements.

2. Yes 1929 style visor.

 

my roof is made from 2 roof panels of 60 chevy trucks that turned out really great. if you have any back issues from RodAction magazine look in the july 1985 issue on page 27. hope this helps...................

 

mine is made of sheet metal and covered with vinyl top material

 

Thanks All! This is the winter project and wanted some general ideas and this was a big help.

 

1.2 mm works out to 18 gauge steel, here is a link to a chart to help you and others http://www.mesteel.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/goto.htm?url=/info/carbon/thickness.htm

 

Cool, thanks.