Thread: chopped pickup question

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I've been trying to respond to Truckensteins question, but have been either getting "service unavailable" or "p something is filled up" I just got it now again, but then it went through. Forum server must be on Holiday.


Anyway, why did we chop more out of the rear than the front? It is because we chose to slant the windshield back to meet the now shorter portion of remaining top. If we had added a filler piece to the top to make it long enough to reach the old position, we could have simply whacked an even 5 inch slice all around, and it would have met up. But, by slanting the posts back, we needed the extra metal left in the posts to bridge that gap. It saved us from having to patch in another piece of steel.

I know that is not totally clear, but in essence, we did chop an even 5 inches out of the top all the way around. However, when you slant the windshield back, you lose some of the height of that post (just imagine if you take an upright post and start leaning it on an angle, it is less tall than it was standing straight up). I may have confused you by saying we chopped 5 out of the rear and less out of the front. The chop is actually a consistant 5 inches, but we just left more metal in the posts to make up for what we lost leaning them back.

I know I rambled in that explanation, but it is hard to explain. Here are some shots of the chop, look at the side picture, and envision what would happen when the posts get laid back. If we had cut 5 inches out of them, we would have come up short on metal to meet up.

Hope this helps clear this up.


Don