How to chop my A five window ?

Hi , can you take me some information and pics for chop
my Ford A 1930 five windows I want chop it of 4"
thank you

 

Wow!! You've been here for almost 3 yrs. and this is your first post.. You need to get involved, we don't bite.. Well, some of us do.......... Good luck with your chop........

 

Well, we all bite, really. But if this is your first chop, you really need to do a lot of reading, measure at least 4 times, get someone else to measure 4 times, and get someone who has done it before to help you out. You also should actually see varous cars with the chop you think you want. Less than 3.5", there doesn't seem to be much point. Over 4" and you're getting a pretty low roof line.

Also, you should definitely check out the regulations in your country for minimum windshield heights,etc. Then, also the regulations in France for registering an altered vehicle for road use. It would be a shame to do all that work and find out you're 1 cm outside the limit and can't drive the car legally.

 

You are all right but my English is very very Bad
I look with many intersnares at each of your posts
I' m very sorry I don't know or we owe this presenter here

 

This is good advice. Do lots of reading here on the Hamb and you'll be fine. Don't forget to measure and think a lot. Good luck with the chop and keep us posted!

 

Thank you very much for the link I go to look it with a lot
Of . I think that there is a good place pressis to cut it ?

You are a big wise person and I thank you for your wise advice .In France if we roll wise person we do not have of
Sublocated
at 6 " has which place has to one make cups ?

 

ths Swiss bite!!!

 

I am going to follow your advice and to look but I am not too much
Familiarize with the functioning of the forum, there is a space looks for?

Can you help me ,Swiss is not far of the France

 

All European speak English verrrrry bad (apart from the English of course)
Better speak bad English than French
We Dutchies speak no English either.
Show us some photo's of your Modle A coupe

 

I chopped my A tudor 3.5" in front and 2.5" in the rear. Here's the thread with lots of pictures:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377233&showall=1

Hope this helps.
-Gary

 

Is it a coupe or tudor or what my I ask?

 

Look up Amazon.com on the internet (a book store) Get the Tex Smith book "How to chop tops". It is about $20. Plenty of pictures and info about all types of chops. Page 74 has your car.

 

Click this: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104922

Rolf's Coupe build thread is great and informative. Read it, then read it again and again!

I'll post more if I can find some.

Here is another build for you: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419350&highlight=build

 

Check this out: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419350

Brian B*** is an amazing builder and he put up some great pics.

 

One thing that many choppers do is to whack the roof off without removing the wood. This is fine if you're going to steel out the pillars, but if you're going to keep the wood, well it's useless when it's cut through the middle.

 

Thank you for your help(***istant) I live has quotation of Cognac not tres far
Of Bordeau

Thank you very much tres attractive work there are ideas which pouront to serve me

Thank you for the link I am going to buy it of this step

Thank you for the links I like very much the realizations of Brian B***

 

I haven't got any Photo's of my coupe now but I have got
some of my RPU 30 on the which I made a chop of 3" only

 

You are completely right