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F355spider
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JUN 24, 08:21 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by av8fiero:
I think fieroguru figured out how you pulled off the chop without cutting down the windshield frame, the base of the windshield looks to be positioned further forward. If that's the case, I'm looking forward to see how you pull off the hood mods that will be required wether you use a stock windshield or the Sebring windshield in your chop. It would be interesting to see a stock windshield layed in there before you mod it for the Sebring glass to see how much of the hood would need to be removed/shortened. I do think the lines will look better with the curved Sebring glass rather than the flatter stock glass, especially if you're going to be changing the nose of the car signifigantly. Watching with interest. |
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That would work I guess but I did not do that.
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F355spider
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JUN 24, 08:25 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by $Rich$:
hey i think them wheels used to be mine
heres a pic on my car years ago, i dont remember who i sold them to, but i tink they went to OK or TX, 5ish years back[
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May be, they were on it when I bought the car. They are coming off. It will have 10" wide rims in back when done. They look good I hope they will fit my Chopped Ranger I will use them on it.[This message has been edited by F355spider (edited 06-24-2011).]
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F355spider
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JUN 24, 08:40 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by ghost187x:
more info on the headlights? can you show us what you have planned for them? thanks and awesome work! |
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They are Celica aftermarket lights. Very nice and look great. The front of the car will change its appearance as I go. To be honest I have no clue. I do not make drawings or think about it too much I just go with what I have that day and make it work.
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Marine1981
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JUN 24, 08:54 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by F355spider:
They are Celica aftermarket lights. Very nice and look great. The front of the car will change its appearance as I go. To be honest I have no clue. I do not make drawings or think about it too much I just go with what I have that day and make it work. |
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That seems to be the way I work too, it just doesn't come out as nice lol
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MstangsBware
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JUN 24, 10:28 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by $Rich$:
hey i think them wheels used to be mine
heres a pic on my car years ago, i dont remember who i sold them to, but i tink they went to OK or TX, 5ish years back[
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Probally not them...This car came from Cali with the wheels...Unsure where the PO got them from....
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Fiero Thomas
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JUN 24, 11:47 AM
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av8fiero
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JUN 24, 11:49 AM
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Ok, if you didn't move the windshield forward something else had to move in order to retain the original t-tops. Looking at your pictures I think I figured out what you did. It appears you have changed the angle of the front edge of the b-pillar, angling it more towards the rear, with the top corner further towards the back.
If this is how you did it I'm thinking you're going to need different side glass than what you have previously used as the angles will not be correct on the rear edge of the window. Maybe this is where the mystery factory side glass window you have alluded to in this and other chop threads you were looking to try out in a chop come in.
I'm also curious as to just how much of a chop this car is. Is it the common 3 inch variety, or is it something else?
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Will-Martin
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JUN 24, 01:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MstangsBware:
It would have done no good....That car was doomed from the first cut to the last "GORILLA" weld that was put on it....I saw the car when it first made it up this way and the way it looked at that point it was a parts car....I give Will a thumbs up for trying but not pretty....... |
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If you look at the welds on the car I did, only 1/2 of them were finished welds. The other "GORILLA" welds were to just hold the top in place to prevent warping so I could move it from my shop in Louisiana, back to Texas. Those were to be cut out, the top aligned, and frame rewelded once I got set back up.
I did not abandon the project because I could not finish it, I sold it to JScott because I was having Archie chop a cherry Formula for me and I figured I would have a pimp Chop-Top much quicker that way. Guess it didn't work out but hey, bad things happen to good people huh?
I just started with a substandard T-Top car with bad seals and bad interior. Trying to source the interior pieces and the seals were going to cost more than I paid for the car to begin with. I sold it because of that, not because I could not fab it.
Mike's car will definately be a show stopper though, everything he touches is greatness - I can't wait to see it.
--Will
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Boogaloo
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JUN 24, 01:13 PM
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Will did you get your car back from Lloyde?. [This message has been edited by Boogaloo (edited 06-24-2011).]
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Will-Martin
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JUN 24, 01:27 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Boogaloo:
Will did you get your car back from Lloyde?.
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No, I am having to take him to court because it is always "another 3 months" and he will have my car done. I have a lawyer, he has a lawyer, we will let a judge decide - although I am pretty sure I know what the outcome will be.
--Will
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