Welding where roof and quarter overlap....

[manley]

Ford used a series of large spot welds to mate the roof to the quarter panel on my 69 Mach. I have seen guys weld along the entire edge of the exposed edge of the roof flange. Is this necessary/recommended? Do you think the edge will flex enough to cause the filler and paint to crack over time?

 

[stangg]

Personally I think it's cheap insurance... I thought I may have welded the entire seem on mine, but the only pics I have show the plug welds and a series of staggered 1" long welds along the lapped joint. It can't hurt...

If i were to do it again, I would do what Rusty's (GPR) does on their restorations and weld a patch over the entire joint so there is virtualy no filler to worry about.

 

[manley]

That's probably not a bad idea... I think I've seen pictures of that somewhere.

 

[buckeyedemon]

weld the seam after plug welding. it won't take long.

 

[70_Fastback]

If i were to do it again, I would do what Rusty's (GPR) does on their restorations and weld a patch over the entire joint so there is virtualy no filler to worry about.

+2

 

[manley]

Thanks guys. I'll hit it again next time I'm welding. Currently I'm getting the RH wheelhouses and quarter installed. If everything goes right, I might get all that wrapped up tonight, which means I'll be ready to put the car on the rotisserie to take care of all the welding on the bottom I haven't been able to do yet. So awesome to be almost done with all the major panel replacement!