Re: IML: Stainless steel top a 60 imp

[richard burgess <lecrown60@xxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot to mention that all cars with the panels have a canvas type impregnated gauze underneath.  This is designed to catch and hold water. ha ha.  Actually I guess it is there to cushion the stainless against drumming I guess.  My car with the dealer installed stainless did not have this fabric but rusted at the forward and aft corners anyway.  However, it did not have all of the pitting underneath.  When I re-installed I used a bead of silicone along the top edge and the leading edge, leaving the bottom edge open to allow breathing.  This lower edge is trapped under the rain gutter molding anyway.  I may have gone into this more on the '60 page under my dissertation on '60 trim removal.  The stainless does have a lip that runs along the top edge fitting under the pot metal spear.  Of course the groove in the underside of the pot metal isn't deep enough to fully accomodate this flange making it hard to get a really tight fit between the two.  Other than the flange they should be easy to reproduce.  I sanded mine to refinish and it's not quite the same had I had new one made with a true brushed finish.  Of course now I know of a company that could likely do the work and I've already installed mine.  It ain't going to be cheap though.  I just bought a large piece of flat stainless to go behind my new range and the prices are astronmical, metal costing what it does lately.

 

Richard Burgess

Atlanta, Ga

aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Morning ALL,
> Maybe this is a dumb question, as I do not know much about
> this area of the 60's Imperials, IF these panels area stainless
> steel and need not be welded to the roof. Even if it is brushed,
> can't it be made from a new sheet of NEW stainless
>  steel? If
> some one could provide the proper measurements for the different
> models, and also the thickness.
>
> Æyn
>
> --- bogart3147@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info. I always liked the look of the stainless
> > panels. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jsadowski@xxxxxxx
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 9:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Stainless steel top a 60 imp
> > 
> > 
> > The stainless panels are not a structural part of the roof,
> > They are decoration only. They are not spot welded. The metal
> > is far too thin to do so without distorting & discoloring it.
> > Once you have one of these in hand, you'll see how it fits
> > right under the trim around the entire perimeter.
> > John
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Bogart3147@xxxxxxx 
> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
>  4:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: IML: Stainless steel top a 60 imp
> > 
> > 
> > >From reading these messages, I'm wondering if maybe the
> > stainless inserts that were optional equipment were spot welded
> > because it was less expensive than using a LeBaron roof.
> > 
> > I haven't compared them up close and personal, but I've worked
> > at a fab shop and learned few things (not much, since I worked
> > in the office). My question is that if this was standard on
> > the LeBaron, was the stainless in the back a separate piece
> > from the front part of the roof, thereby requiring the metal to
> > be thick enough to support the roof, i.e., the front and rear
> > portions of the roof were stamped separately, then put
> > together? On the Crowns and Customs, they could have taken a
> > standard roof Crown/Custom roof, used much thinner stainless
> > and applied it for appearance only.
> > 
> > I think
>  the dealer installation idea is good, too. A buyer
> > finds the car they want, but they want the stainless partial
> > roof, so the dealer sells them the car and has it applied
> > himself, thereby selling his own inventory and not having to
> > place a special order with the factory.
> > 
> > Just some ideas on what they might have done, but, like I said,
> > I haven't been able to compare them up close.
> > 
> > Timothy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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