Roof Covering

[1955cj-5]

It appears from this picture that the corded welt goes on first........that makes more sense to me as the hide-em is not very wide so covering both the top material seam and the welting seam would be tricky....


http://abarnyard.com/temp/82-a/82a-roof-1.jpg

[Neil Wilson]

Again, I suggest looking at Marco's photos showing original and restoration photos of the 82-A roof. Check out http://abarnyard.com/temp/82-a/

Start with 82a-26.jpg and look backwards to 82a-12.jpg to see how the original top was installed.

[KimVanOrder]

Just another Idea. One of you really ambitious guys should take a sequence of photos showing the entire assembly of a roof. Start with the first piece of wood and continue until complete. An educational ' documentation ' of the process.

KVO

[1955cj-5]

I started on mine.

Decided to put the canvas down with 3m Super 77, then the welting with tacks. The cobra fabric will be next followed by the hide-em.....

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[Neil Wilson]

FYI - the welt should have been installed first with the liner material on top of the welt tail. With the liner installed first, at some point in time, threads from the liner will show up below the welt. The welt should cover the nails at the top of the quarter panel.

[1955cj-5]

Better late than never...

I considered doing it that way, but chose not to.

My wood top frame was not a great fit..it's been on there a long time and I suspect cobbled together from more than one donor..

If i ever fully restore this truck it will get a new top frame....a new frame would have been much easier to work with...

Time will tell...

[macswoods]

Just my view,do it correctly the first time, you won't have to do it again. Mac... I am getting to old to do it over.

[1955cj-5]

I think it turned out pretty nice...

My wife was a big help.

My improvised tack-push tool really helped too...it is just a magnetic screwdriver that has a spacer in the end, to help the tack extend out far enough to be pushed through the fabric and into the wood. You can hold the fabric and install a tack by yourself...

We used all tacks for the roof attachment

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[KimVanOrder]

How far should the front header extend out in front of the vertical metal panel under the visor?

KVO

[KimVanOrder]

That tack pusher looks like a great idea.

KVO