Chop Top Pick-up Build

Everett's Air Cooled · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject: Chop Top Pick-up Build

This is a $100 car I bought for my son at a Farmington show. Shortly realizing it was more work then we wanted for his car. I decided to build me a toy.

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As it was when we bought it on Sunday

What we got done 2 days after buying it

When we decided to chop it

4'' chop

Extra cab window

Bus rear roof

More pics coming soon

Hamsterben · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:13 pm Post subject:

Dude that is cool.

Everett's Air Cooled · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks, it's a work in progress.

docdanracy · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject:

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flyboat · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:57 pm Post subject:

Pretty neat project. I expect your son will wnat to trade you when its done. I saw that car at farmington
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VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:06 pm Post subject:

Oh.... I like different...... keep it coming.... Popcorn

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Everett's Air Cooled · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:21 pm Post subject:

This is my project, so getting time to work on it doesnt come often. I have 9 vw's in my driveway right now and I own one of them. Customers come first. Looks like my son is going to end up with a slammed VW Thing as his first car.

Wideopen · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject:

Oh hell, that is more than a traditional chop top....you caught my interest! Looks like it should turn out nice....keep the pics coming!
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truckerb1 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:13 am Post subject:

Very cool project!
Are the donor parts of the roof from a bus?

Everett's Air Cooled · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:58 am Post subject:

The rear roof section is a split bus roof. I had to take 10 1/4'' out of the center of the bus roof. The body line in the roof of a bug is not in the roof of a bus, so I have started dollying the body line into the bus roof. I am going to fade the body line out over top the quarter windows. The drip rail is considerably different as well. These too will be dollied into shape. The rear window will be a bus rear hatch cut down to size. The bed will be a model A style truck bed. Engine and trans will be in the truck bed. I have yet to decide on building a full tube chassis or going back to a bug chassis. It really comes down to a time thing. I want to build a tube chassis, the future wife says she wants me to have it done for our wedding in Oct 2013. BTW all VW theme wedding.

stevensj13 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:39 am Post subject:

Cool project! I'm in NC too, and I was also at the farmington show. Some great racing. I picked up a few things for my 73. Are you going to the show at the fairgrounds in Febuary?
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vndin · Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:55 pm Post subject:

amazing, got any more pics? i'm working on a "flat top" rat rod using a bus roof line. looks like u used a bus rear clip on the back of your cab?
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Everett's Air Cooled · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:34 am Post subject:

Haven't had much time to work on it.

SBD · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 8:51 am Post subject:

Well, it looks like you've been putting the truck on the back burner. Did the future wife put the wedding on the back burner too? I was expecting this to be a sort of centerpiece to it! Very Happy

vaughn bros. · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:01 am Post subject:

Subscribed! Very Happy

You still have time to go mid-engine with it. Rear tires and the wheels are perfect.

Bashr52 · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:13 am Post subject:

Please, please, please go with a type 3 cooling setup on this so you can run a real pickup bed in it. I hate those pickup conversions with a wimply little storage space that is mostly taken up by a spun aluminum gas tank, and the fan shroud sticking through the bed.

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SBD · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:13 pm Post subject:

45t · Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:02 pm Post subject:

That is an awesome build, I'll be following this one. Popcorn

Volkswagenaholic · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:54 pm Post subject:

Watching
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