Does anyone know cutting the top off a car like the cutlass at the top of the page in the Vol. 7 ad?
whats all needed for it to be done.Thanks.

A saw. make sure you brace the sides of the car so they don't fold in on you.

Explain what you mean please.

i would get the frame 4 my drop top first u can use that as a guide 4 what u have to cut dont rush to cut the top off take your time keep the surface cool and make str8 cuts. good luck

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A guy that i worked with was telling me about this guy he kno that cut the top off a g-body reagl some years back without bracing the sides & they started folding in after a while. I'm talkin about the part behind the doors. He said the roof & the part by the side windows is support for the sides so if you cut that off make sure you weld something in there to keep them straight

yeah you gotta reinforce that shit, but hell it only cost a stack to get your top cut off up here, dude with the cutlass cut his own top off i think, but not a convertible, it has a a snap on top and at snap on but seriously it's a snap on

Does anyone know what/how to reinforce?

Its a cutty around here with the top cutoff (roadster) that was in the Tampa bay thread, I dont care for the top.

I just wanna get a good idea on whats all needed, ima go to the shop and see what they quote me.

Dang I didnt even see this post until now.
Good info, would you know what to weld to the sides?
I figured that you would have to support them, Im just trying to figure out with what, & after the top is off dont most fiberglass to edges to smooth em off?

give me a sec. let me try to find some pics I ran across a while back

Alright Appreciate it.

These should help you out a lil

You can't bond fiberglass to metal. It will eventually crack & pop loose. There is some kinda bonding agent out there you can get to help fiberglass to the metal (just google bonding fiberglass to metal & see what you get) but I say weld everything up, grind the welds down, put a lil mud on it, smooth it out, prime it, then paint it!

Im nervous to do it myself.
I think I will let the shop do it, depending on price.
Those pics look Good! (no it motivated me very much)
So is that a big slab of metal on the last pic or what, how did they reinforce that if you know?
thanks.

I don't know how they did it but it just looks like a slab of metal to me. I think that would be enough to support it. I was thinking about doing that myself but I dont have anywhere to store the car right now so Imma have to wait on that. it dont look hard to do. Just make straight cuts. Oh yea you need to check on the A-pillar to make sure it aint no rust so the windshield dont come folding down on you while driving on the highway. Thats just a lil to think about bcuz if its weak the roof was holding it up but now its gone

My 77 Monte Carlo was done something like this and I never had any problems with it.

pics?

Probably have some of it finished, but not when we were working on it. The guy that bought it still takes it to shows. Let me see if I can find pics of it on myspace.

I think im all good to go.
9c1 wa i wanna see them pics.

He put the lambo's and TV's in after he bought it and changed some stuff around. I built this car in '95

I dont like those body styles, but I must admit its sexy!!

Yeah it was real nice 15 years ago. That is still the same paint I had on it. It won a ton of trophies at lowrider shows. Got a few best of show trophies too back then.

Here is another pic of it, but I hate those stickers he put on the doors He is a cool guy though. At least he takes care of it and still takes it to shows.

that monte is clean

So what do they put at the top of the winsheild area...fabric also?

i say weld it up then do whatever you need to do then

I want to make mines so the top can come off then go back on when i want it on.




you get the idea!

Good Concept
That car is not attractive to me lol.

just a couple pics to check out to see how they did things. ya kno

On mine it was part of a kit from a S-10 vert conversion. It was cut and pieced back together to fit. You could probably ask Hia-Chico about it though. I think he knows what factory vert top fits on G bodies.

i think the blue one with the reverse trunk got a top like I want

That Blue Cutty Is a Prime Example. The Off White Cutty has a what im looking for the most. All off them are good!
Good looking.!

No prob!

We cuttin tops off round here!!

I just got a new saw yesterday....Now who want their top cut????

It would take u a week to cut a top off with a saw...LOL!!

How much yall charging?

I doubt it very seriously!!!

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man trace ain't serious i tried to get him to switch up a bubble bolt pattern nigga never replied on the charge

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i charge 1500 out the door for choppin 2doors.... have it done in less than a week n a half. message for more info.

its called panel bonding adhesive! 3m 8115 is a good one (best ive seen) if that is the correct number

Guess i was wrong some of these shits look good! Just the 4 doors are grose to me 2 doors are nicer

Oh jesus. This bullshit again.

Yall fuckin the game up cuttin these tops off these cars and makin'em look ugly as fuck. Yall turnin g-bodies into roadsters. I hope yall drive them shits and a fuckin rain storm comes.

If you ain't got a workin top it = fail

X2 in my area you can blame it on that nigga that had that rootbeer box on them all gold thangs( I aint seen it in a few years)he insprired alot of niggas round here

you taxin....esp for not puttin a top back on

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go let someone else do it then..... ive done 16 of em. from 240sx and cutlass ta bmw and crown vic. my shit looks better than nebody elses ive seen. but thats ok.... u can let that one dude who fixed ur brother inlaw's sister's couzin's brakes on his car do it. jus let it be known my shit looks oem unless otherwise. tops r ridculously priced so nobody around here cares. how much u chargin lol

Your shit doesn't look OEM bruh. There's NO TOP.

Honestly, you are kinda taxin to just to cut a top off. It aint THAT hard. The hard part is PUTTING A NEW WORKING VERT TOP ON.

You're not gonna tell US Florida boys about verting cars, especially ME. Im from the city of vert box chevys and g-bodies. I've watched my homeboy do them. We got dozens of them down here. (dont make me post'em)