1960 olds 4 door sedan chop using '59 hardtop parts?

I have a 1960 olds 4 door sedan. After much reading here, I found a couple of posts relating to chopping these cars using hardtop glass and such, but I still have some questions.

Has anyone here done this before? If so, can I use a '59 windshield, vent windows and backglass without having to cut them?

I have access to a '59 buick 2-door hardtop for parts.

Thanks, and don't be too hard on me as this is my first tech post...lol....

Greg

 

build the two door and cruise the four door.

 

you can use a hard top windshield out of any 59-60 gm,except the 6 window buick and cadillac hardtops, and it will get you about a 2- 2.5 inch chop.
vent windows: cut a new piece of glass, the hardtop frames are completely different.
back glass: you will want to either sink your sedan back glass into the trunk area, or up into the roof, either way it can not be cut, and the hardtop back glass is completely different.

 

If I had those two cars, I would swap the whole complete '59 2dht roof and doors onto the 4 door body and make a 2 door hardtop. The roofline will be the same height as the chopped 4 door (if you plan to use the hardtop windshield on the 4 door that is) you'll have a 2 door and it'll be just as much work. There might be some frame reinforcements that you'd have to swap too.

If the '59 isn't bad you should consider building it instead. But if it's a parts car then I'd do the complete roof swap.

 

Thanks for the quick responses so far. The '59 buick is very very rusty and unsaveable.

The problem with the 2 door conversion is that the buick doors are completely different than the olds bodyline.

The vent windows looked so similar I figured they would swap, but I guess I got fooled on that one.

 

Well, you could swap the vents but you'd have to hardtop the doors on the Olds. If you've ever seen the 4-door hardtop 59-60s they have some heavy duty bracing on that center door post.

To use the Buick doors you'd have to reskin them with the Olds doors, but the inner structure could be used intact.

I had a '60 Pontiac 4-door. I'd cruise it the way it is and enjoy it and look for something else to chop. They go fast, they handle decent, and they'll get you the thumbs-up from people completely bone-stock.

If I was going to 2-door convert a 59-60 GM I'd start with a 4-door hardtop with the flat roof, and keep that roofline for it.

 

here is a 60 from jersey that has been cut
he opted for the hardtop look with no more door posts, and I think he chopped it a little more than 2.5 inches
If you do yours try to utitilize the hardtop windshield, 2.5 inches dosent seem like much , but it helps the look of a sedan a ton, and you don't have to mess with cutting down a windshield.

 

Wow, that car looks really good with the low top.

I'm gonna go look at the '59 and take some measurements, just for shits and grins.

Greg

 

Well if You must start cutting on the sedan, Can´t You just cut it down to whatever height You want, and have a custom windshield and backlite made to spec? I´ve seen that done on several occasions on similar roofline vehicles. Of course the first thing before cutting into anything would be looking up the actual glass shop competent enough to tackle a such undertaking...