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The drip edge is what holds the roof to the rest of the body. You'll have to weld those 2 parts together carefully if you want to preserve the body integrity.

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Exactly. Only the drip edge is THREE layers of sheetmetal rolled into a lip. (Not two). You need to weld them all together.

Cut 2-4 inches, spot weld, let it cool, cut next 2-4 inches, spot weld slowly, let it cool... it will take a full weekend because you need to be VERY careful with heat warping and work in very short sections at a time.

All in all, it's not worth it. Your door seals will let water in too. :)

Jan

There's three layers but it's only two pieces of metal............See link. Unless the Type3's are constructed a bunch differnetly, this will be the general construction practice used from the factory.

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Looks like you would have to do some forming of the sheet metal before you could weld it anyhow.

.............It looks like you could teach the shagmeister a thing or two about how to use a sawzall.

timmy

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Part of that was done with Sawzall, some with airsaw.Doesn't take a day to annihilate a beetle with the proper tools.

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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:47:14 GMT, MUADIB® scribbled this interesting note:

Remember, a worm drive Skil Saw with an abrasive blade does a pretty good job as well!:~)

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