Re: IML: Remove stainless roof panels from 60 LaBaron

[Tom & Kellie Willson <tkwillson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the information. Knowing that they might be spot welded 
helped immensely.

>  I worked on one panel yesterday. It was solidly in place. This was 
> about the only thing solid about this car. Since nothing was moving 
> and I could not see the lip of the panel, I figured it must be welded. 
> So I went to work on the drip molding. You are right. Even though it 
> is only a compression fit, it was on very tightly. I used a curved 
> putty knife staring at the rear to run under it and lift the side 
> toward the door to "unhook" it so to speak. It worked well for most of 
> the way,  but toward the front it started to tear the metal on the 
> bottom edge of the chrome molding. I think for the other side I will 
> try a hard plastic knife which is curved and see how that works. 
> Anyway, with the molding off, I could see the spot welds. I drilled 
> the welds out and the panel was some what loose. I had to remove a 
> very hard caulking that was in the drip molding that is part of the 
> body because it too was holding down the panel lip. With that out, the 
> panel was free. The only damage to the panel was the 1/4 inch holes 
> where the welds were drilled out. The drip molding came off straight 
> and had only slight damage along the bottom for about 4 inches which 
> can be fixed.

Tom

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