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Old 02-10-2014, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 3stgstocker
ive got this same problem me and my cordless sawzall got a date this week at my local yard. they got 7 lt1 hardtop cars and I can get the roof for 59.00 so I figure I got 6 chances to get 1 without fuggn it up getn it off!
Use ronsws6's method, hammer and chisel, that way you won't mess up the other cars for other future Fbod owners who want to do the fix.
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
For the guys who have removed a sail panel from a 93-97 car, do you HAVE to remove the hatch to have room to work or can it be left on the car?
What if it's a HARDTOP ???
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Originally Posted by ez2cdave
What if it's a HARDTOP ???
Buy one of ours
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Originally Posted by 6LITEREATER
Buy one of ours
From his reply to the other member's post, it sounds like he wants to know how to remove the hardtop.
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Originally Posted by Roarin_8
From his reply to the other member's post, it sounds like he wants to know how to remove the hardtop.
Yes, that's what I'd like to know!
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Gotcha. Remove the hatch to make it easy. Remove the a pillars and the headliner. Piano wire the sail, then the t-top bar the the bars by the doors. After that push off EASILY so you don't crack. NEVER pry near the windshield, it will crack...
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No need for a sawzall. Just wire saw, a helper, patience and persistance. Took about an hour. Removed hatch, t tops and weather strip. Not sure it could be done with a hardtop car.
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Originally Posted by 30birdy99
No need for a sawzall. Just wire saw, a helper, patience and persistance. Took about an hour. Removed hatch, t tops and weather strip. Not sure it could be done with a hardtop car.
Nice work. I have been looking for a local car to strip it but no luck. I have even contacted a few guys here who offered to get one and ship it to me but all have let me down....
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I have two t-top sail panels for sale here in Texas but I am nervous about shipping... it is just an awkward size and shape...
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Originally Posted by Brutal Boba Fett
I have two t-top sail panels for sale here in Texas but I am nervous about shipping... it is just an awkward size and shape...
where in Texas?
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Originally Posted by Brutal Boba Fett
I have two t-top sail panels for sale here in Texas but I am nervous about shipping... it is just an awkward size and shape...
At least your honest about it. I have been searching for one for almost three years now. Problem is I live in Puerto Rico. There have been a lot of promises but none of these guys had the "cojones" to tell me why they couldn't ship the thing. They just invented stupid stories or just stop communicating with me. No explanation...none.

Still my car looks good but i don't use it much these days. I probably end up taking the damaged sail panel out and use it as a mold for a new panel. Too much work but what the hell....
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Originally Posted by BAD2000TA
where in Texas?
Temple, Texas.

Originally Posted by chaman
At least your honest about it. I have been searching for one for almost three years now. Problem is I live in Puerto Rico. There have been a lot of promises but none of these guys had the "cojones" to tell me why they couldn't ship the thing. They just invented stupid stories or just stop communicating with me. No explanation...none.

Still my car looks good but i don't use it much these days. I probably end up taking the damaged sail panel out and use it as a mold for a new panel. Too much work but what the hell....
I told you that the red one I have is yours, just need to find a company willing to ship it to Puerto Rico. All of the regular ones I have approached in my area balked when I mentioned the size and the freight companies gave me the run around. We're looking into a way to box them that hopefully will protect them more, but we won't know for sure if it will work until we go by our local UPS store and bounce the idea off of them. If it will work, I'm going to see if they'll let me ship to PR as well. Believe me or don't, it makes no difference to me. The reason I haven't sold it already is because I promised it to you, that's why it's been sitting there. Trust me, if I could have gotten it to you any other easier way, you would have had it by now.
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I checked my PMs and didn't find any message from you about any red sail panel. Anyway, if you find a way PM me.

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Anyone have a list of adhesives currently available that won't bleed through?
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
Anyone have a list of adhesives currently available that won't bleed through?
You'll find the answer in the very first post on page one. It's not so much what you use, it's the prep before you use it. Make sure the bottom on the panel is properly prepped and you'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by TechCam97
You'll find the answer in the very first post on page one. It's not so much what you use, it's the prep before you use it. Make sure the bottom on the panel is properly prepped and you'll be fine.
So priming the underside a 93-97 panel is mandatory?

What type of primer?
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
So priming the underside a 93-97 panel is mandatory?

What type of primer?
Again, go check the first post on page one. It has all that information posted. It tells you that you should use an epoxy primer on the underside as is called for in the TSB. Even when using a 93-97 panel, it's better to be safe than sorry.
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Originally Posted by TechCam97
Again, go check the first post on page one. It has all that information posted. It tells you that you should use an epoxy primer on the underside as is called for in the TSB. Even when using a 93-97 panel, it's better to be safe than sorry.
That first post was years ago. Trying to make sure nothing has changed over the years or if there is a better way.
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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY
That first post was years ago. Trying to make sure nothing has changed over the years or if there is a better way.
The first post has been continually updated to keep pace with the findings, that's why it says: "Last edited by RPM WS6; 12-11-2013 at 04:06 PM" at the bottom.
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^^^^Yep


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