Now it's time to fill in the gap left by sliding the roof forward.

The filler metal piece I'm using is the 2" I took out of the rear of the car

I cut a piece of posterboard and taped it in place covering the gap. The clamps are holding onto a little piece of metal that spans the gap from underneath to hold the roof in the correct spot.

It took a lot of adjusting, but the filler piece finally fits the gap and the contour of the roof.

Here's the filler prepped for welding. You can see the clamps holding the short metal piece. I used several of these to hold the roof still. This one here is clamped to the outside edge of the driprail.

Here's the passenger's side with a few tacks holding it together.

This shot looking down the length of the roof makes it easy to see how much I had to narrow the width of the roof. That's the channel where the canvas top rests. I'm not worried about this being out of alignment because I'm going to fill the roof in with smooth steel eventually.