Vehicle body roof construction and molding

A roof construction for a vehicle body having a door, comprising,

• a roof panel having a generally rectilinear lateral edge flange continuous along the outer edge thereof with a forward portion and a rearward portion, the forward portion thereof defining an opening for the door and having a weatherstrip for sealing the door opening when closing movement of the door carries the door into proximity with the lateral edge flange, thereby defining a gap between the door and the lateral edge flange;
• a rear quarter panel having a sail portion with a lateral edge flange;
• means attaching the lateral edge flange of the sail portion with the rearward portion of the lateral edge flange of the roof panel, thereby defining a gap generally colinear with the gap flange of the roof panel, said gap having a bottom wall and spaced apart side walls;
• a molding for filling the gap, said molding having a longitudinal extending central body having an upper surface adapted to bridge across the gap between the roof panel and the sail portion, longitudinal continuous extending lips along each side edge of the central body and reaching downwardly toward the bottom wall, said lips having a width greater than the maximum spacing between the laterally spaced side walls of the gap and being flexible to yield upon insertion of the molding into the gap so that the gap is fully filled, and said central body of the molding having a generally planar bottom surface;
• adhesive means acting between the bottom surface of the molding and the bottom wall of the gap;
• a rear window opening defined by the roof panel and the sail portion of the rear quarter panel and having a window panel mounted therein and a window reveal molding surrounding the window panel;
• and said molding for filling the gap having a tongue at the forward end extending beneath the weatherstrip and a tongue at the rearward end extending beneath the window reveal molding to further attach the molding to the vehicle body.