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here is sneak peak out what the chop is goin' to look like.. 
its 5" using two roof sections and completely removing the rear window frame and moving it forward and laying it down.. keepn' the same shape...
i did some study of other ways it has been done and the ones a could find.. used the traditional way of chop topn' by spreading the roof and putn' in a donor roof section in the middle of the o.g roof halves... i dint see any need to do it that way... so i used our donor roof as the other half of the lid for the car and cut my welding time and fiitin' /fab in half... then again all the pics i could find put the rear window frame back in it o.g spot but just layd' down and filled in the gap at the top of the frame to the new (3 piece) roof sections... it caused the flow of the roof to peek at that point and then rise again because of the shape of the rear window... it just lookd' funky... so i moved the window back up to meet with the roof instead of the back of the car... now im sure it has been done this way many times and done very well but the few i saw had not and it just didnt seem to flow.. so i playd' with it until it lookd' to me to be natural.. then for the back of the window to the back of the car i chose to find the most natural flowing piece i could find to fill it in with.... and of course that would the section of another ghia cut long to take up the space from moving the window forward... and instead of just cuttin' out that lower strip to fill the gap and have to weld both sides.. i left the lower half of the donor ghia window frame and luggage tray attached and spliced the two frames together... for the conture of the back of the car at the pop out windows i only saw it done by relieving and bending the heck outta it until it fit then welding all the cuts... what i chose to do is just rotate the piece until it lookd' to me to flow agian..(see pic soon).... anyway.. i have gone on enuf... thanx so much for you time...
*J
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ferfer6
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I think its coming along awesome. If it was me though, I would take off the Albert mirrors. I think it messes with the look of the spotlights. Just my opinion.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ferfer6 wrote: | | I think its coming along awesome. If it was me though, I would take off the Albert mirrors. I think it messes with the look of the spotlights. Just my opinion. |
I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't mention it but...
I'd say ditch the spotlights and keep the mirrors 
The mirrrors flow so nice with the sleek new roofline, the lights kind of impede on that
bah, but what do I know? Roll as you wish!
This is a sweet build... can't wait to see the end result!
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Hey bro!
Like I keep telling you on Facebook, you continue to amaze me with your workmanship.....might have to get you to come 'Down Under'and help me with my Notch!
You have been truly blessed with your talents!!
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 (phone pic)
Went to visit the Ressurrection Project Shop this weekend! Thanks "J" for lookin out onda the T3 parts bro! "SWEET" Ride Ray & it was nice to meet ya!! Ur Guys work is inspirational & always good company!! Right on Brotha'z!! 
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| Love it!!!!love it!!!! of coarce any thing chopped looks good you can chop a yugo and i would love it,i just wish i had the ba??s to chop my notch, maybe one day. GREAT JOB. |
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| looks good.... where can i find yall at on facebook? |
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Just search The Resurrection Project
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:34 am Post subject: |
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thanx so much to all my vdub homies out thr shown' TPR the love... show season is just around the corner... "LETZ GET READY TO RIDE" *J
In this pic you can see how very important to not chop the dub to far because at one point the body lines will no longer oppose each other and you get what i call a quinkd' look in the body lines...(as you can see in the pic i pushd' the cut to the limit just before we lose that o so sweet factory flow) now dont get me wrong.. us ratters will drop the heck outta them and just rock the quink.. and i all good with that .. but for this chop i wanted a aggresive chop but still have nice flowing body lines! *J
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| thanks man ...ill look you up. |
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