I was sandblasteing yesterday on roof drip rail area .
I had a small hole in roof drip rail area already I had patched .The more I sandblasted , the more I found pin holes.The metal on the outside was clean when I ground paint off so once I saw this I knew it was rusting from inside out. I also had holes in roof on front windshield area. So I got the roof panel yesterday (local pickup for me) & cut roof off that night. Well I found some real nice rot on drip rails both side. I am pretty sure I can get some drip rails off donor car ,but here is the real problem.
To totally take drip rail off you need to remove 1/4 panel sail panel area. I already put 80% 1/4's both sides & tail panel .I am thinking of cutting sail panel in half at the middle of width down to the curve where sail panel meets my new 80% 1/4 panel.
I will have to get a new part of full 1/4 panel to patch back in ,there is no way to get panel out of drip rail area without damage .
Does any one have a full 1/4 that is not using sail panel area I could buy ?( I think this will be hard to find)
Any thoughts or suggestions ?
Thanks
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Cut that section of your sail panel off to gain access to the drip rail, then weld the piece back in..That type of repair is common

Cut that section of your sail panel off to gain access to the drip rail, then weld the piece back in..That type of repair is common

How do you seperate sail panel area that is in drip rail "gutter" without destroying it ?

Since you'll be replacing the drip rail, grind out the spotwelds from the drip rail side, not the quarter panel side..This will destroy the rail, but leave the quarter intact