Put in an entire day on the lv today. Went good, but a little slower than I thought.
First thing I did when I got out there in the morning was spray a couple coats of DP on the inner roof, wanted to get that drying. Also sprayed the inside of those inner drip rail braces I made the night before.
Those inner pieces I had to make for the drip rail took some time since they change shape on each end. Little custom work on each end and some massaging, everything came into place. I made everything and then tacked it in. Reason for tacking it in right away was that I still needed to fit those x-member pieces and I wanted to make sure everything was going to fit with the roof on before I poured the coals to those braces. I would hate to fit the roof and find out that something was interfering with the roof and have to start cutting and grinding stuff out.
I fit the roof on in primer one time today and then tacked those 3 x-members in place. I had made marks on the side prior to taking those off so I knew where they went. After I tacked them from the inside I remove the roof and then welded those x-members and finished welding the inner drip rail pieces. After I finished welding everything I went back on the inside and outside and cleaned everything up with a flap disc. Then I went over everything again with a wire wheel. Rolled it outside and sprayed 2 good coats of DP around the whole thing. I don't think I'm going to see any rust up there in my lifetime
I sprayed a coat of single stage on the inside of the roof. I could spray any color since it is going to be covered up. I'm using all those 1/2 pints of test colors I got for my wife that she doesn't like

Get my money out of them some how?
I need to get a new bottle of welding gas in the morning and then pick up this other sauce I'm going to be using tomorrow when I put the roof on. I'll wait to tell you about that to keep it a suprise. Also still need to fish a wire through the A pilar, drip edge and then the middle x-member for the dome light. Going to do that tomorrow just prior to putting the roof back on.
God I can't wait to be done with the roof crap.............
Matt