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    cowl repair

    my cowl was pretty rotten.
    the entire gutter was full of holes.
    there is a replacement patch available, but i went with total replacement
    as i feared my weld lines would be iffy.
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    cowl repair 2

    first remove the old cowl by drilling out spot welds of dash joint and over fender supports. the trickiest part is to separate the cowl from inner fender as it is a solidly welded lap joint seen in picture 2
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    cowl repair 3

    prepare the donor cowl. finding a good one is important. thanks to shaun budka (shaun 69e) i struck gold with this one.
    separate all spot welds and strip paint. again the lap weld at the inner fender joint is the hard part
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    cowl repair 4

    clamp carefully in place, you can't have enough welding clamps.
    fitment here is not too much of an issue like sills or quarters.
    plug weld in place, once again look at how the lap weld is done at the gutter corner.
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    cowl repair 5

    my windshield channels were really bad.
    i carefully cut out and patched in new metal
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    cowl repair 6

    to finish, 2 coats epoxy primer.
    next up R sill repairs.
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    bob moglia
    '72 E sunroof coupe

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    I wish I had your skills Rob, very nice work!

    John
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    Beautiful job Bob! Really first quality work. Glad the metal went to a good home.

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    Nice work and photos. Thanks for sharing.
    Bert Jayasekera
    1970 911T - Tangerine Orange
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