This worked for me, thought I'd pass it along. Cut it on paper first. You can chop a little or a lot without a buncha metal work and fubars. Using a ruler, magic marker and bristol board, I made some 1" wide checkerboard strips with alternating black and white blocks. Some small wads of duct tape fastened these to the driver's side pillars and the top skin above the drip rail. I then taped some more bristol board inside the windows then photographed the car. Blew the pics up to 11 x 17 and cut and pasted them to achieve the desired profile. The checkerboard strips give a scale accurate to the photograph, so you can tell how much was removed/ added, and where. These pics are scans of old prints, so the quality is a bit sketchy. I have no way of resizing them to post here, so here's some links: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/erjack/chop1.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/erjack/chop2.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/erjack/chop3.jpg Car is a '40 Chev coupe, cut 1 1/2" at the rear and 2" at the front. The rear window was first removed and kept full height. Before and after: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/erjack/chop4.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b386/erjack/chop5.jpg
Hey, I like it! Great way to "chop'' a top, before you cut any metal! Probably really useful for planning a chop on a very curved turret top. Thanx for the tech. Swankey Devils C.C. "Meanwhile, back aboard The Tainted Pork"
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