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Originally Posted by gmc684x4
Lots of nice chop tops
I have seen many that are not done right pushed to the back yard or poorly fit windows and door gaps
Looks nice 20 plus feet away
Then you see one thats done right looks sharp
I would like to do one one day
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It was years after I chopped my 48 that I learned about the necessity of bracing the cab before you make the first cut on the roof.
Also I learned the hard way that you absolutely have to have the door gaps right before you even brace the cab.
More curved or wrap around windshield trucks end up heading to the scrap yard before getting finished than flat glass trucks I'd have to say. When I moved back here from Texas in 1977 there was a 56 F100 that someone had chopped that would come up for sale about once a year after the next guy who bought it gave up on getting glass cut for it.
I'm not planning on angling the windshield posts on the new cab as I did on the old one. Simply because it will save probably a hundred hours of reshaping the door frames and trim.