Not proposing that I am an expert or anything near that, but isn't possible
to go ahead chop all you want and sort of french the corner windows in
covering up as much of the glass as necessary to bring it into scale. This
is probably not doable but just a thought.
Jim V.
At 09:43 PM 3/3/00 Friday -0500, WR Teto wrote:
>Thanks Joe for the tips on the A-pillars. I was looking things over this
>afternoon, and still am
>not sure if I can totally save the entire height of the corner windows and
>get the amount of chop I
>want. It looks like I could just cut above the window line but that would
>only get me maybe 2
>inches maximum, maybe a bit less. I'm not sure it's worth it for the
>small amount of chop. I'm
>going to mull this over and look into a way to have the corner windows
>ground so that I can chop 4"
>and still keep them. I got to talk with some of the glass replacement
>guys in the area and see what
>their opinions are. I'd like to preserve the general scale of things and
>not have it look like the
>windows are too oversize for the design of the cab.
>
>On another note, I did get my hole in the dash repaired today. For those
>that saw that ugly gash on
>my web site, it is no more! This was my first attempt at forming a panel
>and welding it in. I used
>a body hammer to form a piece of 18 gauge over a pipe. I had made a
>cardboard template of the
>curvature of the dash, and was able to bang the piece of sheet metal to
>the correct radius. It is
>now welded in and ground and looks pretty good if I say so myself. Some
>hammer and dolly work
>finished up the worst of the irregularities. Hey, it's not as good as Roy
>Brizio but I'm satisfied
>with small accomplishments! It'll just need a bit of Mar-glass to blend
>it in with the rest of the
>dash surface.
>
>After a whole day in the garage, the wife even surprised me with chocolate
>chip cookies. Trucks and
>food...it doesn't get any better than this!
>
>Wally
>
>
>
>
> > Just an added tip for you on the windshield part of the project.
> >
> > As you know when you chop the top, the "A-Pillars" pull away from each
> > other. You can their for just cut through the A-pillars lower the back of
> > the cab down to it's new height and then just lean the front A-pillars back
> > to meet the top "without cutting a section out of it!
> >
> > This would allow you to keep the stock height of glass for the windshield
> > and still look chopped.
> >
> > On the same principle, you could cut a section out from around the rear
> > window and keep the stock glass for the rear.
> >
> > So do you think this might help you out on using the corner windows?
> >
> > Joe
>
>
>
>
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