spoke to my engineer today about my propossed project.
4inch chop top yes
cycle gaurds yes
beam extension yes
engineers certificate
cost $350-$400 fully street leagul.:bounce
something like this
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wanna make me one as well :P hehe i would love one, dam uni student size pay checks 🙁
trunk monkey, because sometime getting your car back just isn't enough
all of the above correct
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I love the look of that car stoppa.
What colour are you thinking about?
matt army green....
gmh black to start with,not sure about colour yet.
but tomorow the roof gets the chop.
I'd love to see some posted pics of the progress.
pics from today no turning back now.
having touble posting pics,progressing well choped roof 4inh in front.
can someone help me post pics.
26 hours into it and ive chopped roof 4inches
all external welding completed,roof,a pillars,b pillars and rear quarters and door tops.
its really starting to take shape, keep you posted.
ok go to
www.photobucket.com
create an account
click upload photos
copy the link in the img box
paste in the thread
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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STOPPA have u chopped a top before i read though an article on
www.volksrods.com man apparently beetles are amoungst the hardest of all cars , keep us posted id love to do one one day , and laern from someone elses experiences "cheaper way" looks awesome good luck...
show us your gates
thanks barls.
finally some pics will post more tomorrow
yes this is my first chop top kroozzn62
the headlights and guards are just temporary till i make the appropriate brackets
hope you like them
not a problem mate looks good
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Nice shape to the side windows. That is what makes a chop.
I noticed you haven't widened the roof. Hope you don't have too much bend
for the front side glass to move. It's amazing the impact that the inch and half
makes.
thanks guys window seems to work fine so far
good work:thumb
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
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weekend progress 2.5 dropped spindles new exhuast
jeez, you weren't kdding when you said "soon" were you.🙂
Good work.
my plan is to be finished in time to drive to valla.
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nice lines dude, well done!
hope to see you here😁
im running on the same time table mate im hoping that my red sbug will be ready for its first run by then, bear in mind mines taken 2 1/2 years and is a little more extreme in the rebuild than this but yours looks good mate
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me
any pics Barls,
stoppahave you thought about rolling in the rear & front apran to matchthe shape of bonnet & rear deck lid nice work on the roof.
man to be honest when you first posed the question i thought you were a kid,
love your work you should do a how to chop it in this section wiht progress pics
cheers
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
in one of your picson the roof is that a air driven swagger neat tool.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me
front apron is getting reshaped plus the rear.
i forget the tools name but it was worth $96.00.
Barls that some nasty shit with your dub i can feel its pain.
Todays progress,roof ready for filler primer, templates made for all the glass.
next cut n sew new hood linning,thats easy as im a upholsterer with years of exp with rods.
then make rear cycle gaurds and so on,,,,,,,,ect.
can someone tell me how to raise the rear suspension,and also lift the front as it has adjusters,
thanks for the positive coments guys. iam a kid just a big kid,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:party
