Anyone here ever chop the top on a 76 and up???

[staceydude]

I am looking for ideas for chopping the top off my 81, i will still run a soft top but I would love the complete top removed most of the time.

Who has done it and is there a tech articel somewhere that details this???

If you have done it what are the pitfalls?

Do you have pics?

Do you run a soft top? what brand or custom softtop?

Thanks

Stacey

 

[MTBLAZER89]

I don't think there is a tech article yet, but a few have done it. Can't think of them all off hand. Coloradok5, Sandman, Bowtie, and Trustyk5 are a few I remember. Try a search with their usernames. I know Steve and Sandman have pics /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif

 

[TruckNutzDude]

Look up BOWTIE. He has a link somewhere (in his profile I think) that goes to his web page. He's got a pretty detailed explanation and a BUNCH of pictures. With that said. You will need a roll cage or some sort of re-enforcement for your body since it will flop around like a piece of paper standing on edge. I'm cutting mine when my S&W cage arrives and welding in a '73 window frame so I can run the hard top in the frigid Massachusettes winters /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif

 

[staceydude]

Bowtie has a ton of pics on his website.

I will look up the others as well.

I am looking for detailed photos of the area just aft of the windshield and how the top choppers installed a softtop (if they did)

Regards,

Stacey

 

[84gmcjimmy]

if you graph a pre 73 windsheild frame, you can run a full hardtop, and a first gen soft top.