Very unrelated but no point in making two threads: 1) Anyone ever remove the drip rail completely? I might just be reciprocating saw and angle grinder happy right now but it seems like it'd be easy... 2) Cutom gauges... where in the world do we mount them? Im contemplating cutting into the dash, but either side of the existing gauge "mound" seems like it'd be easy to make a gauge pod for...
I removed the drivers side on a 71 Mav. and reinstalled it. it was sticking out farther than the pass.side...
the drip rail is easier removed with a torch take a torch to the drip rails theyre full of lead filler melt away the lead and fill in the gap once you take a grinder to the body I seen it done on I wanna say power block tv of course it looked stupid easy but it really cant be that difficult now can it? lol
i was gonna say it looks like once i remove those rails they wont go back on hahaha, and nice gauges but i was talking more... my AFR and boost gauge
On a Maverick they are filled with plastic seam sealer, the roof is welded on by the drip rails, you need to cut them off, and weld the seam back together.
Drip rail removal is an old custom thing. It's very expensive to have done. It is a lot of work on any car. You'll basically be welding the roof skin back on and you had better be ready for a lot of body work. SPark
the article I read on them being removed suggested cutting a short piece at a time off and welding it up. I think that was to keep the top from distorting...
I have done both. Check out my thread here and see what I did. The drip rail was actually easy compared to some cars. As long as you can cut/weld you will be fine. http://www.mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=70006
Did you remove it in short sections and weld it back as you went? What about filler? I bought a lead kit from Eastwood that I am going to use as suggested by my body man
I did do fairly short sections at a time. I felt more comfortable that way. I don't do filer work on bare metal, so after epoxy priming the areas I used Upol Fiberal first, then filler to clean it all up. Lead would be a great way to go, but since I have never done it before I didn't want to experament here. Glenn
Thanks for the information, Glenn I never worked with lead before either but there are a lot of things that I never did until this build LOL! Dale Doll will do the final body work/paint and he seems to have the faith in me that I can do it so, with his guidence, I bought the kit from Easdtwood containing the real lead - I plan on rolling the car out of the garage in the spring and work on it in the fresh air along with a respirator - Dale says the "safe" lead kit will not work as well so we shall see
