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repace roof to the original sunroof
« on: May 18, 2008, 08:40:59 AM »

my 1974 dart sport is a orginal sunroof car... but it rusted and the prevous owner cut it out and welded in a ricer roof ... my questino is : are the sunroofs any good in these cars ? do they leak ? are they hard to fix ? should i replace my roof with one with out sunroof Huh
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Re: repace roof to the original sunroof
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2008, 09:10:50 AM »

If it works and looks good, I would leave it there.
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Re: repace roof to the original sunroof
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 12:13:20 AM »

The most important question is if you want it to be original. It will not ever look 100% stock, but you may get it to look pretty good. It is all dependent upon what your perspective is, but I do not see any benefit in converting to a non-sunroof. If you wanted to replace the roof,  replace it with a factory sunroof roof. (it is so much effort that you might as well get the car all the way back) The possibility is also there to find a decent sunroof and cut it out and weld it in.
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Re: repace roof to the original sunroof
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 01:46:44 AM »

Is this the crank style with the tracks that go under the roof? I'll assume so.

are the sunroofs any good in these cars ?
They are unusual.
do they leak ?
Most of them do.
are they hard to fix ?
Yes.
should i replace my roof with one with out sunroof Huh
That would be a lot of work... and not easy. Finding and installing a factory sunroof would also be difficult. If the car is stored indoors, I guess a sunroof would be ok. Did it have a vinyl top from the factory?
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Re: repace roof to the original sunroof
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2008, 02:26:39 PM »

Is this the crank style with the tracks that go under the roof? I'll assume so.

are the sunroofs any good in these cars ?
They are unusual.
do they leak ?
Most of them do.
are they hard to fix ?
Yes.
should i replace my roof with one with out sunroof Huh
That would be a lot of work... and not easy. Finding and installing a factory sunroof would also be difficult. If the car is stored indoors, I guess a sunroof would be ok. Did it have a vinyl top from the factory?

my car had winyl roof at the back part of the roof ...

i kind of want to keep the car original but  if the sun roof is leaking and not easy to fiks i go for a roof  without sunroof...  my roof is wreck now .. so i got to do something
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Re: repace roof to the original sunroof
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2008, 08:51:39 PM »

Well, they ARE hard to find, tend to leak, and hard to fix. If you have one though, they're cool.
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