The new roof is on!

After much soul-searching and indeed just searching, to find someone I deemed competent enough to trust with the Austang, I selected Sheldon Pierce of Caloundra.

He finished the job but seemed really nervous about how I would see it. He had spent more time on the car than he wanted to charge me for, but ended up billing me just under twice the original guess. The job is pretty good, not perfect, there are a couple of things I am not completely happy about but overall not a bad job for the money.

A couple of strange wrinkles and folds on corners and the back window, which he tells me should come out after the thing is left in the sun a few days.

Unfortunately we have not seen the sun until today, a week after geting the car home . . . so it's out the front cooking as I type this.


The car looks sensational with the new clean roof, seems a shame to put it back :-)
Just had to pack the window rubbers, mainly on the passenger side (that's the left side for the yanks out there) because of mis-alignment in the doors and windows. Managed to get some you-beaut synthetic rubber/foam stuff with adhesive on one side to do the job admirably.

It is pretty good being able to look out the back window - because it is actually clear and not opaque! Now I have to use the day/night rearview mirror ;-)