I could be some time....

[b-f-c]

Finally got to pop the hi top off, beginning to wish I hadn't







Dont let it fool you, there is mostly fibre glass along this edge, covered in rust



A quality installation!



Can you spot the problem with the fridge vent



Well, my medium term project just became long term. At least the gutters themselves are sound

[Ralf85]

That's a home brew all right! Fixing that will keep you out of mischief. Enjoy.

[Oldiebut goodie]

What was holding the roof on?
The ventilation through the fridge vent looks good though!

[halfbakedpixels]

Holy moly, almost makes me not want to take mine off. Eeeeek *runs and hides*

[AdrianC]

What was holding the roof on?

Gravity, by the look of it...

At what stage do you admit that the shell's scrap?

[b-f-c]

At what stage do you admit that the shell's scrap?

[braveheart mode] NEVER! [/braveheart mode]

What was holding the roof on?

A badly applied line of self tapping screws, less than 10% of them long enough to get to any good steel

That's a home brew all right!

A bad batch of brew I think.

Time to start the search for a new roof skin

[Cableguy]

Bloody hell, that's amazing!

[Dazco]

From the title of your post change "some" to "a long long long "
That looks bad

[Tobyt25]

Well the rat look is in at the moment.....

[weimarbus]

'tis the season for air con, starting to worry about my roof now, oh what the heck I spend my life worrying anyway

[b-f-c]

As long as I'm done before I retire

Just need to source a roof, going to use the opportunity to fit a pop top instead

[1664]

makes what I found under mine look positively virginal

[b-f-c]

There's been a few great threads here about working on the roof, which are proving really helpful in researching doing the roof swap - so thanks to all that took the effort to do the work and then post up their progress. It's scaring me a lot less than when I initially suspected the roof was buggered

The under structure doesn't seem in bad condition, just the outer skin.

Guess that's what long term cooking / sleeping in a hi-top can do to a body when no anti rust measures are done.

[b-f-c]

This is going to be a very slow rebuild

Stage one, new skin unpicked and in mighty fine condition.



Currently removing the detritus that used to be called a roof from my van now, windows and tailgate off. Looks like I'll be grafting in the rear section too, 30 years of diabolical bodges have taken their toll