Vw Beetle Roof Chop

Chopped 6 in the front and 4 in the back.

Vw beetle roof chop.

2 fold black canvas cover with goldie handle. Part 1 rocky horror showzam duration. 63 roof insert was installed. You are bidding on a one of a kind custom 69 vw beetle the following is a partial list of what has been done to this car.

Too much chop and the nice gentle curve of the roof is lost. Duckmancycles and vw garage 50 859 views. Chopping the tops off vehicles goes back to the early days of the hot rod scene and is essentially an attempt to reduce the front profile while increasing its speed potential. Choptop reveal trophy rotten old 1956 chop top oval vw beetle 10 duration.

This is a build project for my 1956 vw oval volksrod rat rod. Volksrod rover v8 pt 4 roof chop in about 45 mins duration. Vw s have a sweet spot for chopping and less is generally better than more. All new glass except for the rear window.

Plans are for a 4 chop top blown v8 383 sbc mounted on a solid axle 1927 roadster chassis you get to see it built from the shell up. But the most obvious exterior modification would have to be the extreme roof chop done to the car with four inches taken out from the back and a whopping six inches chopped at the front. To start the process the vehicle s pillars and windows are cut down lowering the overall roof line. To align the posts again sheet steel is added which stretches and flattens the roof lines the gently curving arc is a critical feature of the beetle.

Not yet finished but getting there.