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I would only suggest you undertake this procedure if you are a very talented metal worker or you know someone who is. The process is not easy to undertake, though less so than on a rounded top car like a bug. Still you will probably need a least two roofs to do it right since you will have to stretch the roof a few inches. As for glass, the hardest part on a type three will be the front and rear glass. It?s laminated and requires a special procedure to cut it. (I think they actually use a method similar to sandblasting to cut it.) Shops that specialize in custom 50's cars should be able to point you to someone who can do it. There are some companies that can make custom curved glass, but be prepared to pay dearly for it. (Like kidney on eBay dearly.) For the rear you can sometimes get away with sinking the glass into the lower body, but that entails even more body work. One thing I would suggest to anyone who is considering chopping the top on your car is to drive a car with a chopped top first. Last thing you want to do is chop the top and find out you can no longer drive the car. Or that the car is uncomfortable to drive. Try driving around sitting on about 4 inches of phonebooks and see how you like it. Also I want to again emphasis this is a major undertaking. A well chopped car can look really sweat, but a poorly chopped car is just scrap metal. ===== Louis Brooks 1969 Fastback http://www.aivenssar.net/lbrooks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~