62 unibody build

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » March 18, 2009, 6:02 pm

Man you have much bigger balls than me. I always balked at chopping one of these trucks as it has to move four ways at once.

Looking killer, as some one all ready stated you can cut down a used windshield and build the chop to that. You can easily cut one down with a shitload of duct tape and a sand blaster with heavy cutting grit like black beauty. A custom windshield can set you back five grand. No need for that when you can make one...

Another method is to sink the cowl but that's way to much work.

Keep it up. I may chop mine after i see yours finished.

Garbz

Post by **Greg D** » March 18, 2009, 6:28 pm

Looks real good, Kid chopped a 64 - he cut up 2 roof sections so he only had 1 seam each way. So was the top chop always in the plans or did you just decide one day "I'm gonna wack it"?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » March 18, 2009, 9:28 pm

wacked it on a whim friend did his 32 a so i decided to do mine it just looked to good and now im glad i did mine.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » March 29, 2009, 8:46 pm

some work progress picks on the truck just not as much as im wanting waiting on parts again got some door tops and a roof skin off here and waiting on them to arrive so im just doing some of the odd stuff that i can too make it look to me as if im doing something productive.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » March 31, 2009, 9:04 pm

some new pick of the hot rod all layed out thinking of doing air cylinders on it now instead of coil overs or the cylinders just in the front and the coil over on the rear but here it is with the hood on an all

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » March 31, 2009, 10:53 pm

wow...that is a lot of work, not a huge fan of chopped tops, but it looks like your really doing a good job.
how do you cut the glass to fit the front windshield ?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 1, 2009, 3:53 am

have some one do it that knows. lol i have a guy thats done it for 20 years and hes going to cut it for me

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » April 1, 2009, 4:04 am

boy TF your truck is going to be low and sleek when your done. It's looking great. It is nice to be old enough to have them" Guys" around that can help you out. My first build, my bump, I didn't have them guys around. now that I'm 20+ years older I have met alot more people and have found those guys invaluable. keep up the work and keep us posted. Anthony

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » April 1, 2009, 11:25 am

There are several ways to do a curved w/shield cut.
1st-use a glass cutter,taking small slices off the curve at a time. Too much & the score wants to run the wrong way.
2nd-Garbz described using a thick layer of ducktape & a sandblaster.(I've never used this method,but I will try it soon.)
3rd-Use a small Makita type diamond tile saw with the blade set to 1 thickness of the glass
& cut both sides to the laminate. Then use a razor blade to cut through the laminate.
The stance is just killer,Twisted. Good glass guys are hard to find-you are indeed fortunate to have one.
Can't tell you how many top chops have been abandoned because of glass issues.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 7, 2009, 7:22 pm

getting ready to get me a roof skin and door pieces this Friday from intotrucks2 and its going to hopefully be finished up by the next couple of weeks and sent to the blaster and ready for the body work and primer then off on the motor anybody know of or have a intake with a 6 pack for a cobra motor would like to carb it instead of the fuel injection.

bluebolt · Post by **bluebolt** » April 7, 2009, 10:45 pm

twistedfreak wrote: on the motor anybody know of or have a intake with a 6 pack for a cobra motor would like to carb it instead of the fuel injection.

Do you mean a 302 motor? You can use a Blue Thunder intake with Holley or 2100 2 barrels, get it from one of their distributors like Survival Motorsports. http://www.survivalmotorsports.com/imag ... _small.jpg

Pony Carbs uses this intake with their tripower kit http://www.ponycarburetors.com/default. ... s#tripower

Barry Grant has a setup as well http://www.gnetworks.com/v4files/barryg ... images.pdf

There is also an attempt by an Australian guy to do an adaptor that bolts on the stock FI intake bottom to use the older Stromberg 97 carbs. No luck finding a link for that.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 8, 2009, 9:34 pm

can anyone send me some picks of a unis tailgate so i can fix this right the first time to look like its supposed to. thanks

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 11, 2009, 7:49 pm

got the passenger side finished up today and tomorrow going to start on the drivers and then on to the roof.

63BIGWINDOW · Post by **63BIGWINDOW** » April 11, 2009, 8:03 pm

Looks great Twisted,it takes skills to chop one of these trucks,lots of compound curves.I always wanted to do one,now Ive got to find another one to cut up(making me regret buying a big window!),I like that you didnt just lay the A pillars back,looks more in proportion,keep up the pics.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 12, 2009, 3:08 am

will do thanks

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 12, 2009, 2:15 pm

pushed her outside in the beautiful weather and took some snaps of it while i cleaned the shop for the next side and her they are going to look pretty nice i think.

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 13, 2009, 8:08 pm

got the drivers side welded in tonight and the back section tapered to match the rest of the door lines so here ya go an what do you all think

crey · Post by **crey** » April 13, 2009, 8:33 pm

Everytime I look at this truck I think to myself... "I'm going to chop mine, too"... but then reality sets in... and I realize I just don't have the huevos.

don morris II · Post by **don morris II** » April 14, 2009, 5:19 pm

you are doing a very good job thank you. worship .gif

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » April 14, 2009, 6:20 pm

cut the donor roof and got the passenger side finished up now on to cut the factory top thats cut up and seam the new roof into place tomorrow hopefully.

62 unibody build

302?