1982 Pontiac Transam Roof
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Well, I got the trunk lid off and took some advice from Bondo and the roof is doing better than ever.
Hare a few pics of what the roof looks like now. It’s amazing what a #3 sledge hammer will do. Bondo told me to wait until I got the roof almost to the point where I wanted it to use the hammmer, but once I got that trunk lid off I was like a kid in a candy store. Pay attention to the first set of photos in the post and then look at these, here we go:
Thanks Bondo!!!
The one little spot on the left side will be fixed, I have to take the hinge off first to get under it. Bummer, I’m tired right now from working all day though and it’s time to relax :stoned
i see you built yourself a portable nex booth.
I like the shot showing the factory braze and all the layers from the 2nd paint job.
Keep up the work with the roof, you’ve come a long way…but still have lots to do. You will probably have to skim the entire roof in order to get it straight afterwards.
lild, unfortunatley, that booth is not portable, it’s stays where it is, it’s just not finished, haha. Ben, absolutely will take a whole skim job. The guy who’s car it is cam and saw it today and said, “…that’s amazing, how’d you do that.” I said if I tell you I have to kill you, it’s a trade secret, 👿
looking good just remember those outside edges are ur freind ya dont wanna bury an oilcan trust me 😉 :weights :weights :weights
[quote=”bondomerchant” post=21299]looking good just remember those outside edges are ur freind ya dont wanna bury an oilcan trust me 😉 :weights :weights :weights[/quote]
Very, very true!
Well, I got the stud welder today and all the dent except for 1 are within 1/8″ of level at this point. I did all the dents around the outside and wouldn’t you know it, more oil canning in the center of the roof. The only thing really left is the oil canning in the center of the roof, the filler and prime. Anyway, here we go with some pics (if I am posting too many pics somebody please let me know):
are you using a body hammer with the studs? You should only be using the slide hammer to get the heavy/deep dents out. To finish the dent you need to pull on the stud and gently work any high areas towards the low areas (where the stud is). Afterwards you can remove the stud and finesse it a little more with the hammer if needed. Looks like you are getting some tits from stretching the metal with the studs.
keep it up, and keep posting pis of the progress!
The best and easiest would have been to remove the headliner first,as long as you could gain access,and there was no double panel.Sometimes the long way is the quick way :clappy
Nice work. Stuff like this makes me realise my skills are weak!
BTW – what is “oil canning”?
Jason: The very first thing I did was drop the head liner, so it’s been down the whole time. Actually that how I got most of the dent out a fist, from the inside. I’m just glad all the edges around the roof are still tight. What are you saying would have been easier with the headliner droped first?
Ben: Yeah, I tried massaging the edges with my little hammer from the crowns inwared to the dent depressions, didn’t work out so well, did it, haha. I’ll give it some more attention. Should have just taken eveything off and just cut the roof off all together. This is kind of fun though, so, we push-on.
Oil canning is when metal has been stretch past the “point of fatigue,” which is a point past permanent deformation. The is you push on the metal it does not has enough tensile strength to remain at its original position. Sorry, the engineering in me. Basically, is you a soda can and you push it in, it just pops back out, that’s what the roof is doing, you know that noise metal makes, boing, boing when you push it. Does that make sense? Sorry if I didn’t expain that properly, somebody else can probably make more sense of the effect.
Oh yeah Jayson, I forgot, all around the outside of the roof it is double panel (well there is extra support under the edges). Since that metal is very tight I am truly trying to not do to much to it to disturb it. You guys make this easy for me, it’s been a loooonnnngg time since I did something like this.
Well, I did a little more work today and we’re almost there (I consider this a group project since you guys help me). The roof is almost straight, here ar a few pics:
Thanks, Doc
looking good so far. can’t wait until you cut the holes and put in the t-tops.
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