Chopped Top Roccs?

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

Grant,

  Where do you live?  I'm sure it must be far from Texas because no one who wants to undertake the stupid projects I would love live anywhere near Texas.  I recall a chopped SII in a picture from germany as well.  It looked awesome.  



Lowering the windshield below the hood works more easily on modern cars who have no fixed panel visible between the hood and the windshield (i.e. 95% of cars less than 10 years old).  I know a guy who used to cut windshields at his glass shop and he told me all about it.  He said it isn't hard, and it didn't sound like it from his description, but he says whether you are novice or pro you will break a certain percentage of them that you try.  Still, it would be way easier than lowering that header panel at the windshield's base.  Unless maybe you could slope the windshield down and move the A-pillars forward to get rid of that panel all together.  Still much harder than cutting the glass, I think.  



Tailgate idea sounds fun, too.  I've got some good rear MK1 sheetmetal that is going in the dumpster about the time I get back from Cincy, BTW.  If anyone wants to pay me for my time to cut it out I'll bring it to Cincy.  It would be pretty easy to make a "pass-through" area between the lights and below the hatch's latch, wouldn't it?



Oh, and Julie, don't worry about him tearing up a MK1.  You can just undo his work and return it to its original condition when he is done with the car.  <twists knife in Julie's wounds, then runs away>  :)



Brian



 --- On Tue 05/23, GGehrke < ggehrke@gmail.com > wrote:

From: GGehrke [mailto: ggehrke@gmail.com]

To: julie@menloparkrandd.com

     Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 10:54:32 -0400

Subject: Re: Chopped Top Roccs?



Hehe.  I love pissing people off like this.<br><br>I'll add gullwing doors, too.  WhaddayathunkaboutTHAT?!<br><br><br>But honestly - I wouldn't do something like this to an original, good<br>condition Mk1.  But seeing as I currently have two shitbuckets at my<br>disposal....  why not?<br><br>And if I were to chop it, it'd be subtle.  Not like a 6" window like<br>some of the hot rod guys or anything.<br><br>-Grant-<br><br><br><br>On 5/23/06, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> Not to a MKI you dont. We'll come and take it away and send you to your<br>> room.<br>><br>> Now a MKII on the other hand.....<br>><br>><br>> >-----Original Message-----<br>> >From: GGehrke [mailto:ggehrke@gmail.com]<br>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:37 AM<br>> >To: 'Scirocco list'<br>> >Subject: Chopped Top Roccs?<br>> ><br>> >Anyone chopped the top on a scirocco?<br>> ><br>> >I seem to remember a picture of one - I think it was on one of those<br>> >pages full 
of goofy looking old school sciroccos from Germany.<br>> ><br>> >It's one of the hair-brained ideas I'm tossing around for when I<br>> >finally have my own garage to keep the car in. I was reading about it<br>> >a few weeks back and saw that one of the ways to do it is to recess<br>> >the windscreen down below the hood line - which is how modern cars are<br>> >designed so the wipers are hidden. That would eliminate the need for<br>> >cutting the windscreen glass and figuring out how to deal with gaskets<br>> >or bonding. Side windows would still be a challenge, but maybe they<br>> >could be converted to more modern bonded windows. Big benefit there<br>> >would also be aerodynamics. Since I've become a more serious cyclist<br>> >I'm fascinated with aerodynamic efficiency. Chopping the top and<br>> >recessing the wipers would give the car a smaller front profile, more<br>> >sloped front window, and less disturbance over the wipers. Pair that<br>> >with an underpanel and I bet 
you could raise the car's top speed 25<br>> >mph and increase fuel efficiency.<br>> ><br>> >Plus, I think it could look really good. Maybe even slope the top to<br>> >match the angle of the bottom edge of the rear quarter windows (Mk1).<br>> >It could look really aggressive, but I'm not sure. I'd love to hear<br>> >if anyone's done it before and see pictures.<br>> ><br>> >Oh, and while I'm talking pipe dreams - I'm going to convert the rear<br>> >panel to a tailgate, like a pickup truck. The tail lights will be two<br>> >pieces and when the hatch is up, you'll be able to swing that panel<br>> >down and it will be flush with the rear floor. Coat the whole area<br>> >with truck bed liner and it will be perfect for hauling crap around!<br>> ><br>> >-Grant-<br>> ><br>> >_______________________________________________<br>> >Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> >Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> >http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>> 
><br>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way  your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com