Has anyone done a chopped bubbletop?

I was just looking at my olds in the garage, and thought how nice it would look, with a couple of inches gone from the roof, They look good anyway, but a chop keeping the nice profile would be cool.

 

Don"t cut a bubble top ! ! ! !

 

I think bubbletops all look good as is.

 

Second that... lower the hell out of it but not chopped. some things should remain the same...GHOST

 

I've seen a few and liked most of them.....guess it depends on your skills. I think TEX Smith's how to chop tops has an article on doing a bubbletop car.

 

dont burst your bubble

 

I bought that book when I was going to chop the top on my 54 Chevy, didn't learn a thing. I got all my in from the TONY and FLOP post on here. TECH post are always the best

 

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

 

"Has anyone done a chopped bubbletop?"

Unfortunately, yes. Seen it right here on the H.A.M.B., proportions totally fucked.

 

I haven't chopped a bubbletop. Personally, I'm not too into chops on ANY car, But I have to say:
If you want to, then go ahead! Don't listen to nay-sayers.
It's your car, do what YOU want.
But that doesn't seem too popular of an ideal now days.

 

Section and lower it.

What would you do for glass in a chopped bubbletop? Wouldn't it be all out of whack?

 

I wondered about the glass too. Be a bitch to cut, a replacement would cost biggida bucks. You could maybe drop it "old school" without cutting it but, a small group is forming up to come and hurt you if you chop it...I'm just sayin'...

 

I was with the "don't" crowd until this summer---there's a butter yellow 60 Caddy out there, I saw it at Bowling Green HRR and Ducktail......it's absolutely stunning. Looks like it's whacked about 2 1/2". Just plain perfect proportions
Don't know if the chop would translate well to your Olds....but that Cadillac........it was better than Viagra I stood and stared at it for I know ten minutes at Ducktail.
YES, you CAN chop a bubbletop!

 

I wouldn't, but thats just me. A convertible windshield is a couple inches lower. Side and back glass is curved like a ball so glass would be a killer.

 

The man is right...in person it will set you on your heels. I wouldn't want to conquer one without having an ocean full of determination and confidence, though.

 

MMMM, Gary Howard chop....................

 

Yup....dat be the one.....and right there is where I gave it the 'glare'....
Look close...those brown spots in the grass is where I stood with my jaw on my chest

 

Ok, OK, step away from the sawzall, it was just a thought...looks like a lot of work. Most of the chops I see are on 59 and 60 chevs, buicks and cads. 61/62 gm are a bit differant, more bubble for the buck. Thanks fellas/gals...

 

Don't see "why" as it really won't look that different,compared to how other chops tend to give a car a new look to where people are like 'what is that",,If yer gonna do it
please not to an Impala

 

Hmmmm....what do you consider a bubbletop? There is quite a difference between '60 and '61.....

I've never thought of 1960 GM's as bubbles.....the windsheild stantions and back glass don't "bubble" like a '61, ya know?

 

I believe that the term bubbletop didn't come into use until after the '62 model Impala, which had the square top. But they also produced a small number of '62's with the '61-style top and that's when I first heard the term, which was used to differentiate between the two styles of '62's. I assume the '62 bubbles were produced to give the Nascar version a more steamlined profile.

 

I'd say, Cut the glass FIRST, then make the metal fit the glass, you can always reweld metal not glass

 

Drop the glass down in the A piller pocket and lay down the back. The butternut caddy is a work of art and has more work in it that meets the eye. The builder is a master and has an eye for style while thinking outside the box. LOL

 

Hey,

I'd say "don't ask us, ask the guy who's gonna cut the glass"
Yes, the metal would be a challange, given the 'pigon breast' shape of '61-'62 A posts. The cant rails will have to be step cut and slid foward to keep the shape. Depending on how heavy of a chop you're after, you may have too pie cut and tilt the A post inboard, than rebuild the windwing frames/glass.

Swankey Devils C.C.
"Meanwhile, back aboard The Tainted Pork"

 

there have been a few 1960 ford starliners in the last few years with a mild chop that turned out really well, dont have any pics though, maybe sombody else has a few. at least 3 were done. also Stevie Ray Vaughns 65 Riv

 

chevy only made bubbletops 61-62.........richie..............

 

I'd like to see a good chop on a bubble top.
That Caddy has a nice chop, but it's slab sides need a diet, IMO. Would look really good with a section I think.

 

I would like to see this sectioned.? anyone?