You may have figured out by now that I am not the brightest penny in the box but last night while putting lamanet on the walls I finally noticed ( because I was measuring for fit) that the original front and rear caps are still there with the newer style caps on the outside. Single riveted in.
Is this Common? should I care?
thanks for the inputs
Skip
Since the roof is holding up the front of the bus, there has to be a lot of structural engineering in the roof design. Rather than cut off the old roof structure and build a new one, a lot of people just put on a cap for cosmetic reason.
Hi Skip,
I have a R&M rear cap only and I installed it over the orriginal cap with ease. My theroy was to not
inheret any water leaks. So far not a leak in sight. Plus the orriginal cap has reinforced the R&M cap
keeping it stable..
Nick-
What you have is pretty common. My rear cap is installed over the old cap. Works fine...but it makes for a joint that has to be dealt with...or ignored, as I've done so far.
Depending on your front cap's design, it may be OK either way. My NJT has such a tall cap that it, and the steel that supported it, had to be removed. I rewelded new steel into the bus once the cap was located.
Either way works. Rear R&M caps are know to leak around the light fixtures....so covering the old cap may be a better idea....at least on the rear.
The advantage of replacement of a rear cap is a little extra cubic feet of storage in the cap, and the opportunity to install the cap under the roof panels.
Cheers, JR