Re: soft center section of steel foof cars.
I did the one on our 35 Sedan Delivery several years back......Another helpful hint is to let your new top material sit in the sun for awhile and let it get hot and soft.....ALSO do your installation in the sun to help keep your material pliable. It will help and be much smoother/tighter than what you see in post #12. You will most likely need to do a little custom fitting/cutting in the corners, you can work on those and figure out what and how you need to fit them with the 3/4 inch rubber seal sections that you cut and use to help hold it in place while you install the new rubber seal. once installed you will likely still see a "little" wrinkling at the corners BUT once in the shade/garage and it cools, those will shrink out!!!!
I know its an "obvious thing BUT I put a tab of blue masking tape at each end with a line in the middle and i put a matching blue tape tab with a line on the front and rear opening on the top to make sure its centered both on the top and in the opening....ALSO make sure OR don' t forget have the grain running front to rear in all the excitement.
A good small to medium soft blow rubber mallet "might" be of some help, also start stretching and exercising your fingers!!!!
Last edited by rockfla; 08-27-2025 at 02:45 PM.
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