How To Chop A Beetle Roof

The first part of this article was what was used to chop bugzilla we never did get a hold of the second and third parts before the chop was finished.

How to chop a beetle roof.

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Here are the pages from the 3 part article by keith seume in the christmas 1997 through february 1998 editions of volksworld magazine. Roof chopping a beetle. What makes chopping so difficult beyond the welding is the angles. When top shapes were largely vertical and straight say model as top chopping was merely a process of cutting a band out of the.

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. Duckmancycles and vw garage 50 859 views. Classic car creations 44 002 views. Too much chop and the nice gentle curve of the roof is lost.

For this car we had to add a new 1 4 panel as. Step eight this view illustrates how you cut through the firewall to drop the roof. Choptop reveal trophy rotten old 1956 chop top oval vw beetle 10 duration. By mike 2009 11 15 11 40 am.