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I'll give.
BRACE BRACE BRACE!
I took off my doors, then did a diagonal brace from the bottom front of the door to the back center right below the belt line.
Then I did did an x brace across the whole inside just under the belt line again and made sure to weld the middle of the x to lock it in.
Always add more cross bracing then you think since the less it moves (and it will move a little) the better.
I quartered my roof since I didn't want to lean my pillars back so that's a bunch of work.
When you chop, I used blue painters tape to make my 7" mark all the way around. Nice straight lines are your friend here.
I started putting mine back in sections. First the front section (tacked in place) then the rear (tacked into place).
You'll want to make your major adjustments now cause once you start laying beads, there's no turning back. Actually, once you cut the top off, there's no turning back
Once I had it all tacked and close to where I thought it should go, I cut off the top door jambs and installed the doors. It helps here to have your bracing just inside the door jambs.
I then started putting the top door jambs back together. I was able to use the drop off the door jamb from the side on the top, since now my too door jamb is longer. It took some doing, but they line up pretty freakin well.
Once you are 100% confident that everything is placed well, I cut strips to fill the giant cross missing out of the roof. Again, I used the chunk out of the back of the door jamb from the roof on the top above the door to match profiles.
Forgot to meantion that I used strips of sheet metal to support the cross section from moving all over.
One thing I learned doing mine it TAKE YOUR TIME!!!! You DON'T want to just go to town welding a whole seam. The metal will get too hot and warp all over the place! Tack every couple inches over here making sure the edges all line up, then go to the other side. Only use tacks not full beads.
Your pointer finger will get a heck of a workout
