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mucksoup
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 Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:43 am Post subject: Body chop? |
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| I see all kinds of posts on choping the top. But can't find anything on doing a body chop. Any help? Thx |
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wrench13
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Location: ft. bliss
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Body chop how? Section it or are you talking about removing the middle of the car and shortening the wheel base? |
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Jamies74sb
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Location: Fresno ca
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| There's no frame to drop down to . I haven't seen a choped & channeled bug that would be cool like 3" on the top & 4"-5" on the body would be sick . |
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TjdTaylor
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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try it. Your a pioneer 
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| I can't see myself cutting up my super beetle . Maybe a oval or 61 or so with the small windows |
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Jamies74sb
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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I can't see myself cutting up my super beetle . Maybe a oval or 61 or so with the small windows  |
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TjdTaylor
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EVfun
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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Body chop? That could be one of three things (that I can think of.)
You could mean shortening the body to reduce the wheelbase. Stock bugs are so dang long. 
You could mean channeling the body, which is to set the body down over the frame. That makes a car look lower or makes the engine sit higher in the body, depending on your perspective.
You could mean sectioning the body, meaning to take a slice from the center of the body so the height of the doors and quarter panels, between the bottom of the windows and running boards, is reduced. With the Bug fenders that one sounds a little difficult to pull off.
A chop top and sectioning combined, in a fenderless Bug with a stretched wheelbase, could look mean. Perhaps the shifter could have a skull on it and stick up out of the sunroof too.  |
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TjdTaylor
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i was acctually thinking about buying a parts car for my curent car and then cuttin out the middle section and making a small ass beetle when i was done with it. I was going to make it just a two seater. Kinda like a shorty bus but a beetle.
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Jamies74sb
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| That would be cool . I seen one on YouTube that was battery powered |
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super72beetle
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Jamies74sb wrote: |
| I can't see myself cutting up my super beetle . Maybe a oval or 61 or so with the small windows |
deffinetaly supers are way too rare. wouldnt want another one of them getting cut up. |
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mucksoup
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mucksoup
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super72beetle
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| it looks like it has a tranny raise in the rear, and that car looks cool make your car your own and have fun. |
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CaffeineJunky
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oda5000
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| WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO MURDER THEIR VOLKSWAGENS!!? |
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oda5000
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| no offense.. but i just don't understand the style |
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