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Houston54 · 08-13-2007, 01:20 PM

A friend had an oak tree take out his carport and the roof of the 67 stepside that was under it. He is an older gent (81) and wants to save the 67 for sentimental reasons. To that end I have found him a 67-72 cab with a good roof which he plans to have installed on the old cab. He is not interested in replacing the whole cab as it would be more work in his opinion. The cab I got for him has rotted floors/rockers and is totally stripped other than the glass.

My question is "how difficult is it to replace the top of one of these cabs?"

Would like to hear from any who have performed this surgery as I may wind up doing the work for him.

Will take some pics of the cab tonight. The tree crunched the right rear corner down about 8 inches and severly tweaked the right side door breaking the glass.

sneakysnake · 08-13-2007, 01:33 PM

If it has the small back glass its a little more difficult to hide the scars than the big glass due to having a large flat surface on the back posts. heres a link on a choptop that may help you in your decision.
http://www.hotrodsbyhg.com/current_p...c10_kustom.htm

SHORTY '72 · 08-13-2007, 02:02 PM

Thanks for the very informative write-up Sneakysnake!

67ChevyRedneck · 08-13-2007, 01:47 PM

Was there any other damage to the cab other than the roof? Were to door posts or rear cab wall tweaked at all?

08-13-2007, 01:20 PM	#1
Houston54 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: location Posts: 527	67 Roof Replacement A friend had an oak tree take out his carport and the roof of the 67 stepside that was under it. He is an older gent (81) and wants to save the 67 for sentimental reasons. To that end I have found him a 67-72 cab with a good roof which he plans to have installed on the old cab. He is not interested in replacing the whole cab as it would be more work in his opinion. The cab I got for him has rotted floors/rockers and is totally stripped other than the glass. My question is "how difficult is it to replace the top of one of these cabs?" Would like to hear from any who have performed this surgery as I may wind up doing the work for him. Will take some pics of the cab tonight. The tree crunched the right rear corner down about 8 inches and severly tweaked the right side door breaking the glass.

08-13-2007, 01:33 PM	#2
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: 67 Roof Replacement If it has the small back glass its a little more difficult to hide the scars than the big glass due to having a large flat surface on the back posts. heres a link on a choptop that may help you in your decision. http://www.hotrodsbyhg.com/current_p...c10_kustom.htm

08-13-2007, 02:02 PM	#3
SHORTY '72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ashtabula, OHIO Posts: 15	Re: 67 Roof Replacement Thanks for the very informative write-up Sneakysnake!

08-13-2007, 01:47 PM	#4
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: 67 Roof Replacement Was there any other damage to the cab other than the roof? Were to door posts or rear cab wall tweaked at all? __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications! Last edited by 67ChevyRedneck; 08-13-2007 at 01:47 PM.



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