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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jrwoodjoe]
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08/05/10 08:29 AM
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Looks nice Tom. Good thing you checked the frame. The repair looks good. 
It would have been ugly if I got it to the shop to have a top put on, only to have the installer reveal the rust 
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: Finoke]
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08/05/10 10:25 AM
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You know, I haven't checked my frame!! it's spotless and perfect from what's visible..
I gotta check now, it's bothering me.
-Jarrod Pilone '70 Plymouth RR Convertible with amazing custom paint(Tribute/Recreation/Whateveryouwannacallit) My Project Thread
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: Finoke]
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08/05/10 10:41 AM
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Looks nice Tom. Good thing you checked the frame. The repair looks good.
It would have been ugly if I got it to the shop to have a top put on, only to have the installer reveal the rust
Absolutely, good that you caught it now. JPILONE, you have done a ton of work on your car too. I think I'd be checking it also.
Joe
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jrwoodjoe]
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08/05/10 11:12 AM
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Looks nice Tom. Good thing you checked the frame. The repair looks good.
It would have been ugly if I got it to the shop to have a top put on, only to have the installer reveal the rust
Absolutely, good that you caught it now. JPILONE, you have done a ton of work on your car too. I think I'd be checking it also.
Joe
My friend showed me that you can feel for the rust by pushing the top with your thumbs where it meets the header.
I could feel the soft spots. So I cut away the top to repair them.
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: Finoke]
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08/05/10 11:29 AM
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Looks nice Tom. Good thing you checked the frame. The repair looks good.
It would have been ugly if I got it to the shop to have a top put on, only to have the installer reveal the rust
Absolutely, good that you caught it now. JPILONE, you have done a ton of work on your car too. I think I'd be checking it also.
Joe
My friend showed me that you can feel for the rust by pushing the top with your thumbs where it meets the header.
I could feel the soft spots. So I cut away the top to repair them.
I was thinking about that and wondering if you could press and feel for it. Keep you from cutting a really nice top away unnecessarily.
Joe
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jrwoodjoe]
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08/05/10 06:40 PM
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Looks nice Tom. Good thing you checked the frame. The repair looks good.
It would have been ugly if I got it to the shop to have a top put on, only to have the installer reveal the rust
Absolutely, good that you caught it now. JPILONE, you have done a ton of work on your car too. I think I'd be checking it also.
Joe
My friend showed me that you can feel for the rust by pushing the top with your thumbs where it meets the header.
I could feel the soft spots. So I cut away the top to repair them.
I was thinking about that and wondering if you could press and feel for it. Keep you from cutting a really nice top away unnecessarily.
Joe
Yep, feels soft and kinda like rice krispies. My top needs replacing, but I was gonna leave it for last. Now that its slit, I have to move it up on the list when I get the car back from the body shop.
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
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08/08/10 07:04 PM
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Well, I thought I was through with the welder on my project when......
My friend stopped by this weekend and he said "Hows your convertible top frame"?
I told him rust free. He said, did you check under the existing top where it sits on the header panel? They all rust there.
Well we checked together and sure enough, I dragged the welder out today 
That's what all three of mine look like. 
Ugh 
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jrwoodjoe]
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09/05/10 10:55 AM
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Very Nice!!
Since you're in Horsham, we gotta meet up sometime, seeing how you are so close (I'm in Central Jersey). I'm hoping to get my RM27 done soon. It's been in the garage 7 years, time to finsih it up and take a ride...
1970 road runner Convertible
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jrwoodjoe]
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09/05/10 01:14 PM
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Bumper looks GREAT! TRI-CITY isn't too far from me. I think their prices may have gone up in the last year or two.  I've been thinking of taking mine over to them one day and dropping them off. It would save shipping. 
Yeah Joe, They turned out awesome. Way cool that you're close to them. Definitely try them out.
I have a chromer that has done some small parts for me in Philly (Frankford plating). But they wanted that much for just one bumper.
I needed to send mine out, because I don't think they reproduce them.
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
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09/05/10 01:17 PM
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Very Nice!!
Since you're in Horsham, we gotta meet up sometime, seeing how you are so close (I'm in Central Jersey). I'm hoping to get my RM27 done soon. It's been in the garage 7 years, time to finsih it up and take a ride...
That would be great if we could touch base on our cars. I would love to see one up close thats not in pieces, so it will help me with getting mine back together when its time.
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: jpilone]
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09/29/10 10:28 AM
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Looking good. When is the color going on it?
Its still gonna be a while. I was told 4 to 6 months when I dropped it off in May. It looks like closer to 6 months. But I've been promised to have it back by the end of the year. That should give me ample time to assemble it for the spring.
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Re: 70 Road Runner Convertible Restoration
[Re: Finoke]
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11/02/10 10:52 PM
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Nice x-mas present for ya !
1968 GTX hardtop
1968 Sport Satellite Convertible 383/4spd
1933 Plymouth coupe
2002 Ram 2500 oil burner 4x4
2015 Grand Cherokee
2013 Challenger
1957 Chrysler Saratoga
Man...I need a bigger freakin' garage.
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