1971 Cutlass Ep 06 New ROOF & A Pillars!

Now that the driver's side floor has been replaced, I move on to the A-pilars and roof. Initially I believed I would just need to replace sections of the A-pillars and a couple small patches on the corners of the roof, but I uncover massive amounts of rust from the car's original vynil top and shoddy short-cut body work done by the body shop in Aliance, Ohio that painted this car a decade or two ago. I remove the full A-pillars and the entire roof, replacing them with new complete stampings from AMD that I purchased from Summit Racing Equitment.

Parts (www.SummitRacingEquipment.com):
Auto Metal Direct Windshield Pillar Post Sections (left) P/N AMD-375-3468-1L
Auto Metal Direct Windshield Pillar Post Sections (right) P/N AMD-375-3468-1R
Auto Metal Direct Roof Panels P/N AMD-600-3468

Repair panels for the windshield and rear window and tops of the quarter panels are available at www.RustReplace.com (I found out about this after making the passenger side patch panel).

Welder used: Lincoln Electric 140HD Weld Pak with ARgon/CO2 gas and .025" wire.