Wow!!! Thank's to everyone sooo much for all the great pic's.

I will be at the next one. No excuses! And I expect you to hold me to it. I demand it!

Looks like you folks had a lot of fun (and maybe some good pizza???).

Edit: It took me 201 posts and 2 years, but I finally OWN a page!!!! Yay me!
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Dowdian
Chopped up, loaded down, bass-ackwords 88 GT that I love dearly.

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quote Originally posted by Dowdian: I will be at the next one. No excuses! And I expect you to hold me to it. I demand it!

Like a herd of elephants....We'll remember that.

Edited for lack of content...

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quote Originally posted by exoticse: Can you name all the choptop owners pictured ?

I have question. Guess you joined Pennock's? See what happens when you hang-out with Archie and the crew.

quote Originally posted by carbon: Have the cracks been fixed on the GBCT? I was kinda suprised to see it getting that bad on the car... of course that was almost 1.5 years ago now.

No they are still there ..........thanks for caring.

quote Originally posted by DL10: No they are still there ..........thanks for caring.

Sorry... it was just a question. My spoiler is about split in half, my sunroof doesn't fit right, and my driver side door skin is torn and my motor mounts are shot... in case you were wondering.

Dumpsteer Diving:

After the CTHC and Fierorama show, we spent Monday going over various ideas and things. Norm did one heck of job on /#020 and left prior to me arriving on Friday. Anyway, we were discusing the the height and stuff and thought about adding a "baby" front fender flare for the front and droping the front by 1". We couldn't find the old front fenders that Norm cut-up so we decided to take a look in the dumpsteer... a real Kodak moment.

Lost in Space:

After hanging out at Archie's until 21:00hrs, we finally decided to leave and head to the hotel near Midway airport. Can you say, "GPS" cause that's what we needed. I think we arrived at the Hotel Holiday Inn around 00:30 hrs. Beat, tired, and hungry there was a Wendy's right across the street. Let me just say that the Wendy workers at the drive through didn't look like they'd take any lip service from any customer so, we made our orders "brief and to the point." After we recieved our food, Troyboy decided to mess with one of them by asking for a "frosty." Now you know that, working at a restruarant late at nite, they usually clean the machine 30-minutes prior to closing and will not dirty the machine if it's cleaned already.

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Attention to detail:

I had a chance to chit-chat with Chuck at the CTCH. What caught my eyes was the detail above the strut towers. I asked about it and he had the area welded over and over again until the material reached a certan height which strenghtens the area and reduces flex plus it looks good if you're painting it. He mention that the rubbery material was a pain to remove.

motortv's turbo LT1:

Something along the line of ...OMG I got to find me another pair of glasses.
I look like Mrs. Crapapple from 2nd class. Teacher, teacher, ... raises hand. May I got to the bathroom

Tina

Hey Bob. How was the ride back to CA?

A few of madcurl's leftovers from the event.

Another cool picture curly had in reserve.



Still kicking myself for missing this one.

my gosh troyboys car is amazing!!! still favor the stinger though!

Hey Troyboy, got any more left over pics from last year? I'm building up steam for this yrs reunion.

Hmm. CTHC-2 at Archie's? Who's comming for 2007?

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"Anyone can make a copy of something, it may look good but it ever is the real car. Make something from your imagination, something unique, something nobody has, anything is possible and, ideas can be a reality."

nice change of the title. if i can make it to see some chops i will.

I was wondering how the 2007 thread got to 4 pages so quick? There are a couple of threads I wish I could change the title on out there...

Anyway, by the fall my car will either be re-painted or I'm just going to give up.

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A couple of choptop questions:

1. Can [WE] top the number of choptop that were at Archie's in 2006? (The total was eight)

2. Whos' attending the CTCH-2?

3. Current choptop projects: Jscott, Will-Martin, exoticse-----enough time?

4. Can we do a "Choptop" cruise through the city?

5. We need someone with camera skills and video the event.

6. A cruise and dinning?

7.???

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Is this show open to everybody or just for the chop tops?

For the last few year I've had an Open House at my shop on the day before FieroRama.

There is no charge for this Open House. The CTCH is being held as part of this Open House.

So there is no charge & everyone is welcome.

Archie

quote Originally posted by tuner2m6t: Is this show open to everybody or just for the chop tops?

Heavens' no....choptop people are nobody special but we are a strange group, hehe. On the serious note, The Choptop members are piggy-backing off Archie's original "Open-House" held at his shop every year and is opened to everybody. Where un-important and with a limited following. We just needed a "place" to crash, hehe.
Edit: Woops. I'm too slow. Archie answered the question.

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quote Originally posted by madcurl: Edit: Woops. I'm too slow. Archie answered the question.

Yeah well the Bears aren't showing me anything.

how much do you normally charge for somebody to stop by and see your shop?

quote Originally posted by Finally_Mine_86_GT: how much do you normally charge for somebody to stop by and see your shop?

The last time Dr. CPU drop'd bye, Archie put him to work.

he doesn't want to do that to me... i might enjoy it too much and before you know it he might have another full time employee on his hands that'll enjoy putting more hours in then he would ... hmmm... maybe not... then i would have to share my new creation with everybody there. wow... that would be a tuff one.

When is this taking place becuase I would like to see if my 3800 swapped 84 will be ready for it.

quote Originally posted by tuner2m6t: When is this taking place becuase I would like to see if my 3800 swapped 84 will be ready for it.

The "exact" date isn't known (yet) but it's held the day before the Fierorama which is held during the month of September during the first week (same example as the Daytona show which held always in March during the third week). The goal is: Prepardness. Here's the date of last years event.


[please note, this isn't the correct date]

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So I have until September-ish to be ready. I think I can do that.

I've been on the Bat phone making calls to the Super Friends....

quote Originally posted by madcurl: I've been on the Bat phone making calls to the Super Friends....

I just got off the bat phone with Mike D. (#016 chopper). Mikes' been away from the forum due to his business. We talked about CTHC-2 at Archie's and he's planning to attending the show...ready to roll in #016. He was unaware of #020 and the Archie wide body kit being offered. I hope to gather-up more choptop friends.

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quote Originally posted by madcurl: The "exact" date isn't known (yet) but it's held the day before the Fierorama which is held during the month of September during the first week (same example as the Daytona show which held always in March during the third week). The goal is: Prepardness.

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Another super friend signing up for the CTHC-2 show.

quote Originally posted by madcurl: Hey Loyde, any news about Will-Martins' chopper? Do you think Will's car will be ready for the Choptop Home Comming -2 (CTHC-2) in Sept 2007? I'm looking forward in seeing his ride....in person, hehe.

quote Originally posted by Will-Martin: /signed

Any set date yet? Need to know so I can take off work.

quote Originally posted by tuner2m6t: Any set date yet? Need to know so I can take off work.

Not yet but it's usually the following week after Labor Day (Sept 3rd) which is perhaps the following Saturday Sept 8th?

5-more months to go:



Will-Martin, can you here me now?

quote Originally posted by madcurl: 5-more months to go: Will-Martin, can you here me now?

Every year on the 2nd Sunday of September, NIFE puts on their big show of the year called FieroRama. This year FieroRama is on September 9th. 2007. This will be the 12th FieroRama.

Also, once a year for the last 6 years, I've put on an Open House at V-8 Archie's. For the last couple of years We've been doing my Open House on the Saturday before FieroRama. Once again for 2007, my Open House will be the Saturday before FieroRama.

My Open House & the FieroRama are open to ALL Fiero enthusiasts from all over the country. You don't need a special invitation & you don't need to belong to NIFE or any other club to attend Either event.

Last year, as part of my Open House we also had what Curley calls The Chop Top Homecoming, where we had all the Archie Chop Tops that could attend parked & displayed together.

So, in summary, here's what we have........ The Chop Top Homecoming #2 is a part of the V-8 Archie Open House #7 which is a part of the NIFE FieroRama #12 Weekend.

All of this (& some other stuff) is the weekend of Sept. 8th & 9th, 2007.

I'd also like to point out one other thing. FieroRama is all about the Daily Driven Fiero. It's a celebration of Fieros that are actually driven & the more miles it's got the more attention it will get. So don't be afraid to bring your Fiero to this event.

Archie

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