OK I got a real late start today. Justin bought a E46 M3 so I spent an hour drooling on it and after grocery shopping it was noon before I got to work.

Here is the nasty and why the core needed to go.

So lets get cutting and drilling

An hour or so with a hammer and dolly and I was able to get the passenger side top into a reasonable shape.

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Prepping a used core support for installation takes almost as much time as removing the oild one. Next time I am buying a new one. This is it clamped in place. Almost all the measurements in the bentley are spot on a little tweaking and it gets welded.

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And while I spent all day working in the hot sun the dog was inside goofing off and getting crazy. Poor guy had a tough day.

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