Some of the worst ali rot I have seen in a while, good luck.

tottot said:

Some of the worst ali rot I have seen in a while, good luck.

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The whole things is fairly bad @miktdish was spot on with his fizzing comment earlier! In hindsight I should have done the whole floor rather than just the second row seat box. But I am too far down the line now. I have some Ali sheet so think I will make a full width panel between the wheel boxes to rivet in place over the top of these holes. Rather than replace the floor. The rest of the floor seems to be ok.

Separate thread here LINK, but posted here as well to keep things together.

I am rebuilding a station wagon rear body to swap onto my hard top. And have been confidently planning to use my existing roof as I have already refurbished, painted and sealed it. Shame on everyone for not pointing this out to me earlier!! It also does not have alpine windows or a sunroof like the station wagon roof I have. Today I removed the station wagon roof ready for removing the rear body and noticed the roof is not the same.




The station wagon roof has an additional lip for the second row door seals that a hardtop roof does not have. I do not really have the time or inclination to restore the station wagon roof as do not want a sunroof. So my options are modify my hardtop roof or buy a non sunroof station wagon roof (seem to be very expensive)

Looking at the parts manual the truck cab door seal is a separate piece (number 2). Does anyone know how this is attached to the roof or have any photos of theirs as this may work to retro fit to my hardtop roof for the second row doors.

Or does anyone have any other suggestions or a station wagon roof for sale?

I thought the roofs were the same…

Thought the only difference would be the extra lips for the door seals

Hicap phill said:

I thought the roofs were the same…

Thought the only difference would be the extra lips for the door seals

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That was my assumption. I will have a look at the station wagon roof next time I am at the vehicle. But think it is part of the roof rather than an add on hence the different part numbers.

dag019 said:

That was my assumption. I will have a look at the station wagon roof next time I am at the vehicle. But think it is part of the roof rather than an add on hence the different part numbers.

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Look behind your seals on the 90 and that’s the design needed.they look like angle iron just pop rivited into place

Hicap phill said:

Look behind your seals on the 90 and that’s the design needed.they look like angle iron just pop rivited into place

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Having been quoted £1350 for a station wagon roof from a chap breaking one on Facebook I am very much back to modifying my existing one! Some pics of the front door seal mount and it is just some angle spot welded to the roof on the hardtop






Now I just need some photos of someone with a truck cab that has the separate seal mounts to see how they are mounted. But it is looking like ordering a pair of truck cab mounts and riveting on is the best bet at the moment.

dag019 said:

Having been quoted £1350 for a station wagon roof from a chap breaking one on Facebook I am very much back to modifying my existing one! Some pics of the front door seal mount and it is just some angle spot welded to the roof on the hardtop

Now I just need some photos of someone with a truck cab that has the separate seal mounts to see how they are mounted. But it is looking like ordering a pair of truck cab mounts and riveting on is the best bet at the moment.

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If no joy I will take some photos the weekend of my truck cab.
Remind me Friday night ….