Unrapping trouble

I had a roof off a 74 Comet that I kept for years, and just scrapped it last year

 

I guess I will have to pick one and remove the interior stuff to see how it is all put together. Hopefully someone has done it and took lots of pictures.
Robert

 

Well I have decided to take the roof of the green grabber shell....don't have a title for it and it has good metal on the roof and floors and that is about all that is left of the car......I started on it last night...pulled out the rear seats....with rats nests built in....pulled out the head liner....vent glass...front and rear glass and interior side panels.

then looking at the pictures and determining where the seams were I did a little sanding and there they were...the seams...filled with lead.

well 30 minutes and all 4 corners were melted out...then I took the torch down the drip rails and melted the seam sealer out. That crap stinks when burning.

It looks to be spot welded in the corners, across the window tops and the door posts and that about it. the whole roof drip rail seems to be just seam sealed and just layed in place. Over the next couple of nights I will either brake the welds or drill them out. Once I get that done then I will just leave the roof on it so it doesnt get bent before I start on the other roof. I am taking lots of pictures too, foing to write it up when done.
Robert

 

I was told never to take the lead out.
I cut mine as low as I could get the sawzall in to get well below the lead.
Supposedly it's much easier to get a good solid weld on the steel parts and just leave the lead alone.
A good body man, that is going to do my roof exchange one day, said the lead almost never goes back in good and the welding is quicker, easier, cheaper, etc...
I have examined a roof replacement he did, and you cannot tell at all.