Chop top suicide door up dates!!!

Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 5:00 pm

#871041

Hi all, I finally worked up enough guts to do a 4" chop on a bug.

24 years earlier I payed a pro to do this job, on my pride and joy 1970 bug. Long story short it came back in bits 😬.

Had a go about 5 years later with good results. 19 years have passed and I have started, finally.

Enjoy

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 5:03 pm

#871042

pic's didn't load I'll try again

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 5:19 pm

#871047

some more

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 5:21 pm

#871048

sorry about the order

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 5:36 pm

#871049

enough for now 😁

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 8 Nov 2011, 6:21 pm

#871060

Jobs like this make you lay awake at night thinking about what order to do the next steps. Yeah?

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dragsters for life Fahrvergnugen

953 posts · joined May 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 6:50 pm

#871064

looks cool

i was the guy at ricks the day you got the blue roof clip, you were tellin me the story on the day

cool that its finally getting done

ill be watching this one

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 8:29 pm

#871091

helbus wrote:Jobs like this make you lay awake at night thinking about what order to do the next steps. Yeah?

I know what you mean. Lie in bed waiting for the next day, to get to cutting. Fun stuff let me tell ya.
Regards
Fat Boy

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 8:38 pm

#871096

dragsters for life wrote:looks cool

i was the guy at ricks the day you got the blue roof clip, you were tellin me the story on the day

cool that its finally getting done

ill be watching this one

Good to hear from you again. Stay tunned.

I would like to get the bug regoed. getting mixed messages from different people. The rta seems to think that the 4" chop is going to be too much for street or rod reg. Any help in this department will be very helpfull.

Time for more pic's.

This is current stage.

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dragsters for life Fahrvergnugen

953 posts · joined May 2011 · 8 Nov 2011, 9:54 pm

#871123

neat chop, sits nice

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5lam AKA: BlackBug

520 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 9 Nov 2011, 8:35 am

#871166

Killin it! Looks great

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theVman Officially Full-On Dubber

214 posts · joined Dec 2010 · 9 Nov 2011, 6:14 pm

#871261

Just as "dragsters for life" says .... very neat chop alright.

Want to share the setup measurements and angles?

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 9 Nov 2011, 6:34 pm

#871265

It's not as hard as you think vman. Please keep in mind that I have no experiance in any body work, I'm a plasterer and a Taxidermist by trade. Shit this is the 2nd time in my life that I have used a mig😵‍💫. Most of the job can be done with a 4" grinder clamps and a mig. I think the most important thing is the flow of the lines, a good eye comes in handy.

I'm more than happy to post the entire process, f up's and all. All the info is easy to find on the samba and Volksrod, just punch in chop top and it will do your head in 🤪

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 9 Nov 2011, 6:48 pm

#871270

I managed to find the only pic I have of my original bug. She was white when I purchased her, I didn't know how to drive anything but an auto, f#@kin girl I know😂 so getting home was fun. The only thing I changed was the paint, for all those holden buffs I chose VK SS blue.
Nearly sold the bug to buy a Xp coupe Tubbed and all the bells and whistles. Decided to keep the bug and chop the roof the rest is as they say history...😠
Regards
Fatty

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DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 · 10 Nov 2011, 5:12 am

#871346

Fat Boy wrote:It's not as hard as you think vman. Please keep in mind that I have no experiance in any body work, I'm a plasterer and a Taxidermist by trade. Shit this is the 2nd time in my life that I have used a mig😵‍💫. Most of the job can be done with a 4" grinder clamps and a mig. I think the most important thing is the flow of the lines, a good eye comes in handy.

I'm more than happy to post the entire process, f up's and all. All the info is easy to find on the samba and Volksrod, just punch in chop top and it will do your head in 🤪

Looks great, I too would be happy to see the entire process
if that is not too bold. So did you use three roofs in total and the oval rear? Looking forward to seeing the rest of this one, thank for sharing Fat Boy.

Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 10 Nov 2011, 2:30 pm

#871410

Gday dubbyfan, I decided to use three roofs to avoid having double welds. You don't really need three entire roof sections. As in the pic's I used the original roof for surround leaving them wide, as to compinsate for the added width when dropped. I picked up a 53 roof and rear clip, used the b pillars and and rear window, probably could have used that skin and put in a couple of filler pieces but decided to get the red roof as a throw over. the red roof tappered down too sharp at the rear and created two humps at the weld joint. I decided to cut out those areas and put in filler's anyway.

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jack schoot Slammed & Awesome Dubber

87 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 13 Nov 2011, 11:01 am

#871926

looks great, will be a nice looking car when its finished

Kombi_Rescue Wolfsburg Wizard

440 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 13 Nov 2011, 4:38 pm

#871993

one of the best chops I've seen...looks great at all angles...credit to the effort cheers steve

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1,077 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Nov 2011, 5:10 pm

#871998

you've got a good eye to get the lines looking right.
This is one of the nicest chops I've seen as the proportions look right.
Cheers
D

Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 13 Nov 2011, 7:53 pm

#872048

Thanks for the thumbs up 👍 guy's. Wasn't always smooth sailing though.
When I got the oval clip home on closer inspection the rust had eaten all the way up to the vents so bad that I ripped the boot lid hinge's off by hand. So I decided to use the inside of the original bug and the outer skin of the oval. Seemed like a good idea at the time but turned out to be two full day's of scratching my head.
Regards
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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 13 Nov 2011, 7:55 pm

#872049

some more rust 😂

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ran5 Seriously Crusin Dubber

113 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 25 Nov 2011, 8:11 pm

#874247

looks cool

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 11 Dec 2011, 8:36 pm

#876554

Hi all, had a bit of time to kill, so I decided to build a rotisseri for the bug. Makes life alot easier for those shitty jobs under the bug.

Regards
Fatty

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 11 Dec 2011, 8:39 pm

#876555

some more

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 11 Dec 2011, 8:41 pm

#876556

A little scary let me tell ya.

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Flintstones Custom Title Time!

1,077 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 12 Dec 2011, 8:22 pm

#876692

lucky you did the chop first, looks like it just made it.
does make the job so much more pleasant to work on.

Cheers

ran5 Seriously Crusin Dubber

113 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 28 Jan 2012, 6:59 am

#883761

very cool, so ur in melb?

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DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 · 28 Jan 2012, 5:27 pm

#883854

Wow lovin this build, well done Fat Boy and thanks for sharing!

DubEnthusiast Slammed & Awesome Dubber

86 posts · joined Jan 2012 · 28 Jan 2012, 10:48 pm

#883916

Wow. Your doing an extremely good job. Keep it up 😀. Im keen to see this when its finished 🙂

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Fat Boy Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 31 Jan 2012, 7:52 pm

#884552

Thanks for the input fellas.

ran5, I'm in the north of Melb. Must catch up when the two bugs are finished.

Regards
Fatty

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