webasto roof

[countrybumpkin]

does anyone know if its possible to buy a new webasto roof for a mk1 escort as the one i am rebuilding has had a hole hacked in it for a sun roof and i was thinking of fitting a webasto roof instead of trying to fit a new roof skin but i'm unsure of what would be involed in fitting one and of course were to get one

[Vista]

Webasto themselves are still around and still do slide back canvas style roofs, probably pricey though.

 

http://www.webasto.co.uk/am/en/am_automobile_3016.html

 

Nearest dealer to us is in Poole:

 

AUTO AIRE RINGWOOD ROAD UNIT 24 NEWTOWN BUSINESS PARK

POOLE DORSET BH12 3LL UK Phone: +44 (0) 1202 718871

[countrybumpkin]

thanks for that is there anything you dont know?

[Rick]

i was thinking of doin the same mate to rid myself of the pop up microwave door in mine.

 

a lot of people reckon you can use one from another car but iv never seen it done, id be worried the frame doesnt follow the roof shape

[countrybumpkin]

i was thinking of doin the same mate to rid myself of the pop up microwave door in mine.

 

a lot of people reckon you can use one from another car but iv never seen it done, id be worried the frame doesnt follow the roof shape

 

yeah i was looking for a new one and triumph ones keeps croping up but would they fit?

[Doc]

Ive done it , i used one from an mgb and put it in a cortina !

 

Its a mornings work and basically its two frames that sandwich the roof between them , use some mastic to seal the roof before tightning it together

 

it needs to be 7 inches back from the top of the windscreen , you will need a mate to help as its a two man job , one inside sorting the cutting of the headline and tucking it in the frame , Its an easy assembly

 

measure 5 times and be sure before you take the jigsaw to the roof ..

 

like i said a mornings work .. . . .

[countrybumpkin]

Ive done it , i used one from an mgb and put it in a cortina !

 

Its a mornings work and basically its two frames that sandwich the roof between them , use some mastic to seal the roof before tightning it together

 

it needs to be 7 inches back from the top of the windscreen , you will need a mate to help as its a two man job , one inside sorting the cutting of the headline and tucking it in the frame , Its an easy assembly

 

measure 5 times and be sure before you take the jigsaw to the roof ..

 

like i said a mornings work .. . . .

 

 

thanks for that, do you have any pics of the work you carryed out? and are the frams shaped to the roof? if they are can they be bent to a different profile? i dont know if a cortina headlining is the same as an escort but what did you do with the support bars just cut them out?