OK if you chop a truck top you have to cut the glass down to fit. All the glass is flat so that won't to to hard. What about the rubber ? Do you just cut it to fit also ? What about the open seam how do you fix that ?

 

The rubber can be glued with all kinds of product's. I found a product called "Q-Bond" it is great. The fun will be the doors. Do you want to keep the wing,or go with a one piece glass? I've only seen one chop on a 48-52 with the wing done.

 

Might check to see if they sell kits with the rubber already made to size, I've seen them with the glass pre-cut, didn't stop to see if the rubber was custom.

 

You'll need to widen the roof and top of the doors in several places. If you plan on doing this, I have a 51/52 roof section and doors sections cut at below the belt line that will make the top chop easier.

 

I'm not going to chop a top guys I was asking cause i saw a truck on ebay that was choped 3'' and it had no glass so i was just wondering what it would take to put glass in it. This is a project truck that has a nice flathead /5 speed/M11 IFS/still in primer so it could be painted any color you like. Only thing i don't like is the fiberglass hood. But i got 2 hoods. Thanks anyway ilya. I SENT YOU A EMAIL ILYA. get back to me.

 

Dale, you need a chopped truck; you don't have one of those...yet! From what I understand, any chop on the older trucks with the flat glass should be no problem getting glass cut. Make sure you get it at a really good price in case it doesn't work out( like you don't already know that).

 

Glued my windshield rubber with superglue, that is what the glass shop recommended and he does a lot of custom glass work on old cars and trucks. Put the seam in the center of the bottom, less chance for leaks. If you keep the A and B pillar angles at stock and use vent windows, you can actually use the orig door side glass, it just does not roll up all the way.

Cheap guy hint: a 69 VW bug windshield gasket will work with a 4-inch chop without cutting and splicing, can probably be used on a 3-inch, but not good to really stretch the rubber too much. The VW gasket is cheaper than the Ford gasket and is nearly the same shape. It will require slightly smaller glass, but of you are doing a chop and getting new glass, just cut to fit whatever gasket you use.

Sunbird, here is my 49 COE with 4 inch chop and working vent windows. It took almost as long to rework the vent windows as the basic chop, but it looks so much better as a finished chop with the vent windows vs one-piece side glass. Plus the vent windows are nice for ventilation on not too hot or too cold days. Not the best picture to show the vent windows, but you can see they are there. They do fully open as well, both sides.

 

Love that COE! Are you going to paint it or keep it "natural?"

 

60 years of sitting outside, no plans to change. It has been built in current configuration for over 6 years now. Everyone asks when I am going to paint it. I get tired of explaining, so I just tell them "Someday, having too much fun driving it now to worry about paint"