How To Chop F100 Roof

With that said let s get this chop started by showing the subject in its formal self.

How to chop f100 roof. Any fool can do this. It takes a month to finish weld the chop. The rest of the body will just fold outwardly if not held together properly. There s a few tips in here for making chops easier.

It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car. It s almost together in 3 hours with the nightshift crew. Read this before you chop. It takes one weekend to chop the top and tack weld it back on.

Make sure the doors line up properly before starting or they might just be worse when you finish. 53 ford f100 build recap. The roof is a major structural point of the vehicle once the roof is off. This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.

Seriously if the doors don t fit right before you cut the roof off a car i can assure you that they won t fit after you weld it back on and the results could be permanent. Classic car studio recommended for you. How to cut open a. This is a chop we did last night.

See all 21 photos. Mid fifty 1948 56 ford f 100 parts 1953 55 ford f 100 chop top glass and roof kit part.