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kroozzn63 - October 29th, 2004 at 11:34 PM

ok does any one know how much to do a chopped bug? ,
Like the sheriff rat rod and the others?just the roof and glass etc i now its a big job and all that but im sure wed all like to know

HotRodMatt - October 29th, 2004 at 11:40 PM

hehehehe.... mine's chopped and in the garage!

gonna take my sweet time finishing it and let all the "cookie-cutter-never-been-interested-in-rods-before-but-this-is-the-new-thing" be over and done with before bringing it out to the world...

HotRodMatt - October 29th, 2004 at 11:42 PM

how much does it cost.... a shit load if you get someone who knows what they are doing...
most people won't get it right so expect it to be done at least twice. unless you go to a panel shop who do real fabrication and modification on a daily basis.

vwtyp2 - October 30th, 2004 at 12:46 AM

go buy yourself a copy of ultra vw issue 13 and read the article in there.

greedy51 - October 30th, 2004 at 11:02 AM

com to the shootout and ask alison she ownes the hoodlem chop top

twoguns - October 30th, 2004 at 11:03 AM

hey ovaltine. you gotta chop your roof into about eight sections. cause as you lower it to the body it needs to be widened. you ve got to section the roof out, and the fill it to keep teh shape. is alot of work.

HotRodMatt - October 30th, 2004 at 11:11 AM

I have several full sets of instructions. u2u me and I'll let you know about them. I am in the process of repairing a "professional" job that wasn't done well.

kroozzn63 - October 31st, 2004 at 10:02 PM

yeah ultra vw 13 ill order it , and ive seen hoodlem "nice"
but didnt see it today or know who alison is thanks for feedback.

ancientbugger - November 2nd, 2004 at 08:30 PM

Another way I've seen is a sloped top where a wedge is cut out of the rear pillar then a bit more from the centre pillar then more from the windscreen pillars then when it's all pushed down you spend the next month or so aligning it all up. When I've worked out how to post pictures I'll put up shots of a couple from years ago, it's not as bad as it sounds. Tell me what looks better than a chopped roof other than a chopped roof that's also been deseamed!

Adam_C - November 4th, 2004 at 04:07 PM

http://volksrods.com/forums/  all will be revealed

greedy51 - November 23rd, 2004 at 05:05 PM

volkshaven have a chop top out the back bit of horse trading could be the start of a rad rod

[Edited on 23-11-2004 by greedy51]

romain - December 22nd, 2004 at 09:21 AM

if you want to chop there's an article by Keith Seume
explaining "how to" with the two-roofs method.

http://youks.free.fr/forumBC/viewtopic.php?t=618 

It's a lot easier than when you cut the roof in many pieces like I tried:

http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7506 

good luck that's all I gotta say ;):thumb