So, I've been mulling over the drip rails on this thing for a while now. The passenger side was good, but the driver side was rotted through alone the tops of the doors. I looked at a bunch of pictures online and as many cars as I could in person, but I didn't see many modifications that really suited my tastes. Then I realized there's a stock '41 Willy's pickup in my barn that belongs to my neighbor Bill. It's his retirement project, but he's still a couple years away from retirement. Anyhow, if you've ever been up close and personal with a '41 Willys pickup, you're probably aware that they don't have the typical gutter type drip rails, they're more like an eyebrow that's formed into the roof panel and hangs over the door tops. This is something that I find to be both visually pleasing and functional. I stopped by the local steel supplier on my way home from work yesterday and bought two 10ft pieces of 5/16" round stock and tacked it on the roof. My plan is to fully weld it, then blend it into the roof with lead: just like a '41 Willys pickup.

I had considered just shaving the drip rails, but then I realized it's not 1992 and that never looked good at any point in time. These cars need drip rails to look correct, otherwise it just seems like something is missing.

IMG_20180421_170930709 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr

IMG_20180421_174935606 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr

IMG_20180421_175002148 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr