Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra - T-top conversion coming soon!

[95steedamustang]

@95steedamustang - he sure loves T Top conversions- maybe one day he will build a II. Until then, maybe he has some advice/Ideas?

My one take away from doing numerous T-Top conversion is that it is nearly impossible to do a worse job and they did originally. I think a kid was a hand saw could’ve done better. People always like to talk about a factory T Top car but in reality, they butchered those cars to do the conversions so if one takes their time and does it right and tries to do a good job it’s gonna be 10x better than a factory one. Btw. I have done a II t-top conversion for a customer, but it’s been a long time ago. I’ll see if I can dig up some pictures.

 

[LILCBRA]

Started on a few spot welds this afternoon after fighting my spot weld cutter. The pilot tip needed a little sharpening so I did that, but in the process I lost the spring somehow. Luckily I have 2, so I tried to use the second one but the pilot hole is wallowed out. I then swapped the spring into the first one, made a couple cuts before the pilot stuck. Pulled it apart again to clean the chips from the bore and went back at it. This happened a couple times - I think I spent more time dealing with the cutter than I did working on the spot welds. But when I did work on the spot welds, the dimple I punched into the center didn't hold the pilot well enough and the cutter would walk. I was so frustrated by then that I just gave up for the night. When I get back out there I'll start by drilling some pilot holes, hopefully that will do the trick!