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[GG40Dsoto]

Rich, I resent the email.

It didn't like the D to be capitalized.

 

 

[Bobby]

Welcome to the forum!!!! My '48 Plymouth was my Dad's. I have been working on it for nearly 2 years and still think of him every time I walk into the garage. Best of luck through the process. You have an outstanding start. Very Solid car!!!

[John Reddie]

Hello and welcome.

  You have a nice rare car here and definitely a candidate to be fixed up and enjoyed. One question, is the roof dented or is it just the photo? Thanks for posting pics.

John R

[MackTheFinger]

Congrats, that's a really nice car!! 

[GG40Dsoto]

Good eye. Yes the roof is dented, sometime during its life a limb fell on it before it was placed in the barn.

I feel confident I could remove the headliner and push out 90% of it. That's the worst spot on the entire body

Edited February 12, 2019 by GG40Dsoto

[DonaldSmith]

I opened this thread, went to "last page", and wondered why GG40Desoto would resent an e-mail. 

 

A look to the previous page showed the context.  He re-sent the e-mail.   Whew.  I thought we had another fight going. 

[John Reddie]

On 2/12/2019 at 6:14 PM, GG40Dsoto said:

Good eye. Yes the roof is dented, sometime during its life a limb fell on it before it was placed in the barn.

I feel confident I could remove the headliner and push out 90% of it. That's the worst spot on the entire body

I had a friend some years back who had a "40 Plymouth coupe with a dented roof much more so than yours. He did remove the headliner and the front seat and used a bottle jack and a piece of 4''x4'' wood and was able to jack the dent back out to the point where he could finish it out with hammer and dolly and a skim of filler. He placed cement blocks under the floor so the floor would not get distorted. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

John R

[GG40Dsoto]

I'm no body man but that is the method I was planning to try.

thanks.

[Ranger]

Welcome aboard! Great looking car. I’ve taken dents out of the roof by lying in the seat and pushing my feet. Might try it.

 

 

 

[Dan Hiebert]

I'll be interested in how you handle that roof dent, especially if that limb left a crease or more severe damage that we can't see.  I've fixed a few "oil can" dents on our D24, including the roof, but nowhere near as severe as that.  I've not delved into a couple projects in the past because the roofs were dented like yours.