Achieve your goal with minimum fuss and maximum results! Few modifications change the appearance of a vehicle as much as a well executed top chop. In this information-packed guide, Larry O'Toole shows you how to prepare, mark out and accomplish a top chop on a range of vehicles, from early hot rod coupes to classic American Chevys, and even a Falcon sedan delivery from the sixties. Learn how and where to measure for the chop, how to build an internal frame for the vehicle so that everything stays in alignment while the roof is off, and how to modify the windshield glass to suit the new roofline. Hundreds of step-by-step photos lay out every step of the process.
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Larry O’Toole has been a hot rodder, magazine editor, photographer, book publisher and author on the subject of hot rodding for over 40 years and he has documented every emerging trend from the entire hot rod world.
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A great book on chopping tops!,
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This review is from: Chopping Tops: Practical Hot Rodder's Guide (Paperback)
This is a great book for anyone interested in the art of chopping tops.The book takes you through the various processes of top chops with plenty of photos and information of different cars being "chopped".The author writes in an easy to understand format and explains each step.
A good quality book and good value.The country town of Castlemaine,where the publisher is located is known as the hot rodding city of Australia.I highly recommend this book.
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I chopped my top successfuly after reading this book,
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This review is from: Chopping Tops: Practical Hot Rodder's Guide (Paperback)
This book does an excellent job of spelling out all of the steps that he uses when chopping a top. HOWEVER, there are many different ways of chopping a top and this book only covers one of them, and it is the most labor-intensive and difficult to pull off. Cutting the roof skin off of the top and lowering it does look great but also requires a lot more delicate welding, grinding, and body work than a typical chop-and-drop.
If you buy this book be sure to also get "How to Chop Tops" by Tex Smith. Then you'll have more of an idea of the range of methods and techniques that can be used.
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An informative book,
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I liked this book, it has very specific instructions however they can be a little confusing. There were not very many cars or trucks discussed in the book however the ones that were were well documented by photos.
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GUINEA PIGS FOR THESE CHOPPING OPERATIONS WERE Bill Mussett's '32 Ford three window Coupe and Noel Harper's '32 Ford Tudor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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GUINEA PIGS FOR THESE CHOPPING OPERATIONS WERE Bill Mussett's '32 Ford three window Coupe and Noel Harper's '32 Ford Tudor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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