It took a bit more trimming to get the measurements right to the reference line, and then the patch could be tacked in place.

















And then to fabricate the roof repair....








A hammer and large diameter punch will do wonders on a 2 x 4 block.





Test fit:





Well today was a good time for practicing bends for drip rails.

The last one I did for a 55 Chevy. A quick glance at the profile shows a slight kick up on the bottom just inside the face of the drip rail......





Where my replacement came straight across the bottom...........





Now I'll be the first to admit there's always room for improvement, and the gutter fabrication was one of them. I remembered the Pullmax Lockformer tooling I had bought off Ebay a couple years back. In looking at the tooling, I thought it may just work.





I made a pass with a piece of scrap 18 ga................





Marked and trimmed the top edge for the hem............











The hem gets flattened out..........





..........and is inserted headfirst into the apron brake. The apron clamps down just inside the tooling mark you see





A finished sample, and comparison to the old original:








Yeah, I like that much better....