chopped roof

i remember seeing a pic of a f-body.(I think it was a TA) that was lowered and had the roof chopped like 2-4 inches. Does anyone know what im talking about? im looking for pictures of that. Thanks.

Maybe your thinking of Whistlers car...he didn't chop the roof though, he just converted his T-top into a targa top. Do a search with his name (Whistler) and i'm sure you'll find a pic

Originally posted by Marky82
Maybe your thinking of Whistlers car...he didn't chop the roof though, he just converted his T-top into a targa top. Do a search with his name (Whistler) and i'm sure you'll find a pic

lol. nope. im not that confused. He does have a sweet car though. what happened to him?

Originally posted by zachw1036
lol. nope. im not that confused. He does have a sweet car though. what happened to him?


dont ask

Originally posted by stang_killa94
dont ask

:lol:


BTW I don't ever recall seeing a chopped firebird on here, But I'll be looking for ya :)

This one? (http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/322000-322999/322015_28_full.jpg)

:eek: that looks surprisingly nice! Man follow up on that

looks like a vette

Looks like a photoshop from along time ago when everyone was wanting a vette rear conversion :confused:

Originally posted by AW/whiteZ-28
Looks like a photoshop from along time ago when everyone was wanting a vette rear conversion :confused: It is a Photoshop job...I guess I should have stated that. That's just the only chopped F-Body pic I have ever seen, so I was wondering if that was it.

I think I remember the pic he is talking about. It was a 'vert ith the windshield chpped and the side windows had a wavy shape to them. Don't have a pic thouhg.:(

That'd be kinda nostalgic to have a chop top, but it be an f-body. :P

I'd do it but I hit my head on the t-tops as it is :lol:

I think the photoshop job looks nice. I think it would look sweet on one.t

yeah I really like the way it looks, it adds a sleeker look to the car without a doubt, I don't think it would be overly hard you could drop the windshield a couple inches by lower it on the cowl, we have the room, cut the windows on the side or use some lexan, the rear hatch would need a tray built into the hatch to lower it down, you'd have to work the interior a bit as far as the inner platic went. Since the outer piece is plastic you could just cut the length out of that and the work for the metal of the roof bar wouldn't have to be super pretty or take much skill, widening it to fit the old width would be a pain though.

But yeah you should be able to do it, keep the stock glass, and retain stock angles on everything but the back of the side windows, might even be able to build a different tray for the side windows so you don't have to cut the top and you could just lower it a couple inches inside the door, which is what you would be doing with all the other pieces of glass in the car. Haven't looked at how far down the glass goes into the door or if there is anything below the side glass.

I don't imagine it would be overly complicated, as already mentioned, I would just be worried about retaining height enough for my damn head LOL!!!

I think that pic (if it were real) would be possibly one of the baddest F-bodies I've ever seen.

:)

Okay so somebody volunteer to do it so we can see it in person :D

thats a fair amount of work and brand new territory LOL! good luck finding someone willing to sacrafice thier car LOL

but yeah it does look really nice doesnt it?

are you talking about the cover of super rod?? with the Camaro speedster?

yes www.superrod.com has a camaro with chopped windows

I think it would be almost impossible to chop the top on these cars, this is a lot harder job than an old 32 Ford.:p
I don't think you could ever get the rear hatch glass to line up and look right, maybe custom fabricate some rear hatch glass:confused:

You'd have to have a midget driving it to keep from hitting their head anyways:D

that camaro in the super rod mag is just.....unfckinbelievable wow...wow...wow chop tops = :bow:

makes me wanna take the top down on my vert, get a saw, and saw my windshield in half to make it look like that speedster :)

Originally posted by Jeffs94Z28
yes www.superrod.com has a camaro with chopped windows There was a post not too long ago about that car. I see it on TV all the time.

that speedster is not what he was talking about, he was talking about literally chooping the top and dropping it a couple inches, there's a photoshop of it on the first page, it's done to older coupes fairly frequently but has been steered away from with newer vehicles because of the increased use of glass in larger areas making it a little more complicated to do without building trays


the speedster does look bad ass though

Originally posted by 94BlackBowtie
This one? (http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/322000-322999/322015_28_full.jpg)

I think thats what I was thinking of. If someone did that minus the vette rear end and just the roof lowering that would look so bad. i love it.

Originally posted by AW/whiteZ-28
I'd do it but I hit my head on the t-tops as it is :lol:

So when you have the tops off your head sticks out of the car???

:lol:

Originally posted by notstock4long
So when you have the tops off your head sticks out of the car???

:lol:

Just a little :D

But one of my buddy's is 6'7 and I have to take the t-tops off or he can't fit when he rides with me :lol:

Originally posted by notstock4long
So when you have the tops off your head sticks out of the car???

:lol: It's like Ace Ventura - only instead of hanging out of the side window - its the top! :lol:

No joke - I was driving a rental one time - a Nissan Sentra I think - had a sunroof. Well, one of my buddies that I worked with was a major homophobe, and we were driving home at about the same time that day. So in the middle of US Highway 41, I stick my head out the sunroof while driving down the road, and look over at him and yell "Hey big boy - you're cute." He got away from me pretty quick - just to make it funnier for you - he drives a Ford F-250.

For some reason - I don't think I would fit to well in a chopped F-Body - if I can stick my head out of that sunroof, then it would probably occur naturally in an F-Body. And I am only 6'-0".

Just lower the seats for more head room!