roof skin removal question

[deanj309]

Hello everyone I have to remove roof skin,after removing drip rail sealer do I remove the spotwelds from inside of the car or outside the car after the drip rail goo is removed

[deanj309]

The seam sealer behind driprail very brittle comin out in big long strips,easy to come out.I can see the spot welds clearly. To see where I need to remove them!

[OttawaCharger]

I had a heck of a time removing that seam sealer.  A hammer and a flat blade screwdriver were my weapons of choice. 

[deanj309]

Ottawa did you weld your roof or weld it

[OttawaCharger]

My roof was fine.  The seam sealer was toast and needed replacement.

[69rrgrabber]

I replaced the roof on my 69 last year.  I used a wire wheel on a grinder and it took of the sealer easy.  I then cut the perimeter of the roof about 1 inch or so from the seam.  I found that the spot weld drills took for ever so I ended up using a grinder and ground down the spot welds.  Be careful to not go too far, be conserative till you get the hang of how far to grind and test often with a tool to break the welds lightly with a hammer as you grind.  I modified a gasket scrapper but you could buy a dedicated spot weld break tool.  When you cut the perimiter, just go far enough into it to cut the skin.  Be careful with the roof supports not to cut them.  It only took about 3 hours to cut mine off with this method and it worked great.

Carl