Harry 1976 Sopru

[Mr Beckstar]

Thanks for that, I might strip the poptop off and remove the paint back to bare metal to see just how bad the roof is before I order a whole roof panel, they aren't cheap are they ...... No doubt the 60 day waiting period will be absorbed by all the other fixes required, so not really an issue.

T1 Terry

That's definitely a worthy strategy. 

I guess for me it's rust you can't see that's under the roof panel that I wanted to be rid of. I mean who ever would have guessed what was under this (see photos below)? And if you wanted to be sure you've got it all, you'd definitely have to keep cutting roof panel out until you find rust free frame. But how far do you go? Right around the roof edge? That's where I figured new roof panel might be worth it because it also gave me certainty that all the rust was removed. But yeh, you could pay for 30-40 hours of panel beater work for the cost of the roof panel, so that's probably a cheaper way to go if you don't find much rust.