Well I started chopping the top this Saturday and so for I think its turning out pretty good for never doing it before. I chopped it 3.5 iches all the way around. Im going to use the rear glass out of a 48 Fleetline. These are also some pics of the floor I built. The floor was SHOT. I channeled the car so much of the floor was going to need to be redone anyway. The trunk floor when I got was held together with roofing tar and green patio carpet.
WOW, first time huh?? GREAT job! Got any in progress photos that you can share? Love to see the steps you took. It would make a great tech post.
looks great. if you have any pics during the progress of the chop i'd love to see 'em. was the 3.5" straight down or out of the pillars? jon
first time doiing a chop..looks better than the one we paid some clown good money to do..keep us posted ..like to see finished progress..
Top looks good, floor looks good, but I would like to see some beads rolled for added strength. I really like how the car sits; great stance. It will be a nice ride! JIm
Sound like she was quite a project. Looking nice so far! I'd love to watch someone chop a top someday and help out... too goddamn cool.
The 3.5 inches is straight down. I though about doing some bead rolls in the floor but i built a whole tubular structure for the floor to sit on out of 1x2 all the way across the floor so I figured it would be strong enough with that. Thanks for all the postive comments I was nervous as hell doing it but Im happy with the way its coming out..
looks the balls !! heres one using the factory rear window like the moonglow, it was real easy.. if you change your mind pm me ill give ya the simple lowdown...dave
i only say that because its that back window that truley makes it a hardtop..its not often that you see a well chopped hardtop chevy. i think the fleetline glass would take away the kustom vibe.. just my humble opinion..dave
I'm with Paras, I think the hardtops need the original glass. I just love the Moonglow, one of my all time faves. You're doing a great job, I'm just chucking in my worthless 2 cents.
REAL nice job Jody . it's lookin GREAT. love the floor too. that 3 1/2" looks like just the right amount for that hardtop . i do like the looks of the stock back window aswell, though i am curious to see the Fleetline window.
Looks great so far. Perfect proportions on the chop and the floor looks real sano. I did a similar sort of thing with the sub structure underneath, since I didn't have a bead roller, and it's plenty solid. Just make sure you have plenty of welds here, there and everywhere connecting the tin to the substructure so you won't have a nasty vibration "buzz"
actually it had a plexiglass rear window lexan wasnt invented yet!! thats is was i was suggesting i chopped the car in the picture
eh,lexan,plexi,whatever.it still wasnt stock factory chevy glass,and it was 1 am here when i posted it!!! creepy
That looks damn good... I suck at metal work like that so I really appreciate all the hard work that goes into chopping a top. Cant wait to see it done.
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