Till you spend $4,000 in custom cut glass. I've seen so many top chops that end up stalled and sold without glass, because they never looked ahead.
Still, $800 is only $800.
You need glass at the Challenge?
Appleseed said:Till you spend $4,000 in custom cut glass. I've seen so many top chops that end up stalled and sold without glass, because they never looked ahead.
Still, $800 is only $800.
Interesting point. So if you are planning atop chop, how do you avoid that situation?
For $800 I might drive it wearing flight goggles.
In reply to ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) :
Side glass is kinda easy. You can use laminated glass for it. Dunno what the solution for the front and rear is though
Doesn't look like the body was braced when the top was cut. That might be a twisted sister. I am in Pensacola, I can go look at it if someone is interested.
In reply to ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) :
You don't . It's just the nature of chopping a top. Gung-ho guys forget about the glass after they cut it, and by then they've run out of money.
The real game is the compound curve mid fifties glass. A lot of customizers build a trough to sink the glass into and attach the trim higher to avoid cutting. Sandblasting also works, but man, the anxiety of attempting it. No thanks
You don't need glass with a conning tower...
They made convertables for that body so no roof is required. Wrap some Lexan around the front & sides about 10" high.
I have tried my hand at cutting windshield laminated glass and had mild success. I used the glass cutter/alcohol method but have heard of and thought thru the sandblasting method. I also gave a 4.5" angle grinder with a ceramic cutting blade a try, it was effective but not as pretty as it needed to be.
My take-aways were: as long as there is not too much curvature, then things will be ok. The edges will need to be polished a little to reduce the chances of cracking later on. Finding gasketed windshields in junk yards is getting harder, they are easier to remove and PRACTICE on, but if you can find them they are cheap and easy to get out.
Ah, I got it. It's not that some designs are massively expensive and hould be avoided and some aren't, it's just that it's always expensive or a PITA so you have to plan for it.
914Driver said:They made convertables for that body so no roof is required. Wrap some Lexan around the front & sides about 10" high.
Didn't need to come as a convertible, to do that! 
When Angry entered a Corvair with a whacked roof, I understood it was allowed because 'verts were made of that model. Arbitrarily peel the roof off say a 1951 F-1 truck is OK?
914Driver said:When Angry entered a Corvair with a whacked roof, I understood it was allowed because 'verts were made of that model. Arbitrarily peel the roof off say a 1951 F-1 truck is OK?
For the challenge?
The rules for the challenge are centered around your tires and roll bar sitch. DOT tires and slower than 13.5 quarter means you're pretty open.
See all the vette carts that ran this year.
one03Panther said:914Driver said:They made convertables for that body so no roof is required. Wrap some Lexan around the front & sides about 10" high.
Didn't need to come as a convertible, to do that!
I wasn’t thinking bout the challenge as I said that.
the rules confuse me some... only one I understand perfectly is “don’t be a dick”
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