I just bought a crew cab 76 F-250, 390/C-6 4x4. I spent a week overhauling the interior. At weeks end I drove with the windows up, now that I fixed the AC. As soon as I got to 60 mph... the entire roof blew off! I knew I had a rust problem, a crack over the windshield about 8 to 10 inches long. The previous owner had the truck repainted in 1990 and apparently the ford dealer fiberglassed the cab all the way around. The rust succeeded and the fiberglass let go. Fortunately, the top came off clean and the drip rail joiner is clean, just needs minor grinding. If I could buy a new roof it would be nice. I could just drop it in place and start tacking. Anyone have info on crew cab or otherwise replacement roofs. I guess I could use two singles put together for the crew top. Any help would be appreciated.

 

I remember reading about someone saying a van roof would fit up, might be worth looking into.

 

I've always wanted a convertable . . . brilliant! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard of.

I have seen a chop job locally (project yet to be completed) where a guy took a crewcab and added the back of a supercab to it for a 4 door truck with the supercab window. He used a roof skin from an older van I believe. It has the raised ribs in it to add strengh, but I'm not sure if the crewcab roof had these or not. Is it just the skin layer that is gone or did you lose all the cross supports too?

 

Man that sucks I hate to hear about any carnage on those Ole Crew Cabs hope it all works out for ya

 

Get you gallery set up so we can see it. I think it would be cool with a soft top over the door frames!

 

Wow, I bet you were surprised to say the least, LOL. I prolly woulda pee'ed myself. My cousin once had the cap on his bed fly off going down the road. It was a nice fiberglass one too, it didnt hold up to well to 45mph smashing on the road.

 

Please hurry, I can hardly wait for the ending of your RED NECK joke

 

Not 1/2 as suprised as the guy behind him was!!! :

I would leave the top of and make a convertible! Go to the upholstery shop and get a soft top made.





The driver behind him

The driver along side him

the guy behind the wheel

 

What about a sliding roof? There is a company that makes them. I'd do it, if I had the money and lived somwhere other thatn Cleveland...

 

yikes....... did it damage anything else? or just the roof skin?

 

Sorry for your misfortune....but just sitting here....LOL!

Picturing in my minds eye...driving down the road....60MHP.... WOOSH!

 

i hate to heare about these crew cabs geting scratched (73-79 crew cab 4x4 is my dream truck) let alone this well I guess you could take the back of the cab out and the front of the bed out, cut the tops of the doors off and then mold it all in and have your self a unibody crew cab roadster

 

I would give you my extra crew cab, but it would too far for you to go!

Sorry to hear about that. I hope you can get it fixed.

 

any good fabrication shop can take two regular cab skins and make it right.

I dont know of anyone who makes new skins, but if anybody knows where the original ford dies are, I know a guy who would be interested. he wants to make full cabs again...

 

LOL, i never heard of a roof flying off a cab lol, but hey just leave it off and you'll be the first to own a convertable ford truck.