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04-12-2017, 04:28 PM | #1 |
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29 Std Coupe New Top Question
I have read every roof install post, I think, as well as Marco's awesome website and I am not sure about one thing.
First disclaimer, this is strictly a driver, no points car here. I am more preserving my car more than restoring it. It needed a new top. The wood was in good shape so I did not want to mess with it. I am putting in the chicken wire and I noticed that while all the side rails are 1/8" "or so" below the metal edge the front wood rail is just about flush with the metal. It looks to me like at some point, someone fabricated this piece of wood as a replacement piece. So now I am concerned that the edge of the chicken wire will create a ridge in the top. Where does this wire end normally?
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04-13-2017, 02:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: 29 Std Coupe New Top Question
No thoughts on this one?
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04-13-2017, 03:04 PM | #3 |
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Re: 29 Std Coupe New Top Question
Chicken wire is not absoluty necessary in a coupe. The black duck cloth (light canvas) would be sufficient to hold the cotton batting, then the roof material over that. Padding only over the open area, not on the side curves. Some say that only sedans had the wire, but I have done coupes both ways with equal results. Your choice.
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04-13-2017, 09:21 PM | #4 |
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Re: 29 Std Coupe New Top Question
I did a '30 Standard Coupe some years ago. I vaguely remember some spots like you described. I think I just slipped the chicken wire under the metal parts of the roof all the way around. I didn't want any chance of an end wire poking through the new roof fabric. I paid special attention to those ends as some of them were sharp...making sure I knew where each one was pointing.
It's been about four years and it has never leaked, and I drive it in all weather, including some pounding rains. Ken
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04-18-2017, 10:31 AM | #5 |
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Re: 29 Std Coupe New Top Question
Thanks for the help!
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04-26-2017, 05:53 PM | #8 |
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Thanks that picture was very helpful. As I suspected my wood doesn't look like that. I think my solution will work, if I had it to do over again and seen that picture, I could have routed a ledge like that easily.
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05-04-2017, 10:17 AM | #9 |
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Just curious, not about your top.
Are you related to Billy DuPay from Webster? I was in the roofer's union with Billy and Joe DuPay. Moved to AZ when I retired. |
05-04-2017, 10:25 AM | #10 |
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No we are not related that I know of. My family is all from Ohio.
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