CHOPPING THE ROOF (Part 2) - 51 Chevy Budget Rat Truck build 

"Shiny paint just causes stress man". Truer words never spoken. Lekka chop, thank you.

Rat rod Bob's SA cousin with a hint of Bad Chad for good measure, definitely one of the clearest how to roof chops for beginners out there, and no grinding and welding isn't boring or we wouldn't be watching, brilliant work, well done.

These are all the steps nobody shows you about chopped tops, thank you for sharing 😎👍🏼

Ppl everywhere will do their own roof chops now because you explained it so well. Such great information!!

" Shiny paint just causes stress " Steeling that for 1953 R-130 build . Thanks for showing me how to cut a roof.

The masters of old used to cut the roof in 4 pieces, but this being a rat rod not a show car it works.

this is the easiest to understand roof chop video ive ever seen.

“Shiny paint just causes stress, man” lol I’m making a tee shirt!

There could be books written on how to chop-a-top or videos. Thank you Duff for giving us the visual choice. It's a winner thru and weld thru! 😊 DK, Omaha.😊

In the early 70's, I worked in a coach building shop in Brisbane, where they also converted Ford LTD's into Ambulances! :D The body builder who did the Ambulance building used a stick welder for all the panel work joining, just like you're doing here and while I was there the company got their first MIG machine ( first I had seen as well ) and the ambulance builder tried it out. Blew holes everywhere and went back to the stick welder! ;D He was the only welder I ever met who could butt weld 1mm steel sheet with the stick. I would get rid of that lead filler by using a small butane torch to melt it and a wire brush to wipe it off the steel. You wouldn't be accidentally thinning the steel body while trying to grind the lead out. Great job on getting those pillars to line up.

How do you keep your office so clean and tidy, bad Chad should take a page from your diaries. This is a very well run and organized workshop. Thank you for the entertaining show.

Love your approach to working through problems!! Great job re-using those pieces to save yourself time in having to bend them up from scratch!!!!

i feel you are a great teacher ive seen plenty of roof cuts in my 68 yrs of living but never one exsplained in such detail love your vidios bill aust

Standing is doing something as you demonstrated. Looking things over before cutting or welding ensures things are coming together like the vision in your mind. Great job Div, your videos are excellent, perfect balance of work tasks, descriptive narrative and segues. Subscribed.

Very cool vids. Lots of practical knowledge from an old timer. And that's a compliment!

Cheers Div!!!! Excited to watch this one!

Man I really like how ya kept the back window stock.

Its time and stop and look and time again.

I’m guessing you already know this trick but, when you’re welding sheet metal in addition to moving around its also helpful to have an air hose to air quench the tacks and stitches

Very lekka , like I say love the way you describe what you are doing ,. Nice chop too , Build On

Life's too short to be sanding bondo haha... i like that!!! your truck looks amazing man! Great job!!!!!!!

Sit down and think about it, that’s what I’m doing ⚡️

Nice work , i like how you show how you do it all , have a good weekend my friend

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you , but this is the way that Sam Gates chopped the top on the Rod and Custom " Dream Truck " way back in 1954 . Of course , he gas welded everything together before hammer welding all of the seams . No mig welders back then or angle grinders with cut off wheels , his cuts were done with a hack saw or air chisel .

awsome videos on the chop, getting ready to chop my 50 ford f1 never done a chop before and your videos are excellent! I learned alot from watching!!! thank you!

Good show Sir. I take it that your not concerned about it raining😊😊

Great presentation! Really enjoyed. You are a true fabricator!

Local is lekka. Like the look of this rat rod. Thanks for sharing diff.

Looks pretty cool. I like it. There is one other person that does this. He is Rat Rod Bob. I guess it's time for the coat hanger. Thanks. Ronnie.

Nice work bud you a awesome teacher and craftsman!

great step by step instruction Dif

Great tips Duff ! I enjoy the way you work things out Big ass clamp ! Like the acid trick for rust Thanks again man

Great work, looking good I like how the rear window worked out looks factory . 👍

Thank you very much for a fantastic instructive video and great camera work. Best wishes from Australia. Tez.

The chop looks great…nice detailed video

👍👌👏 Was definitely a lot of work but looks really, really good! Very well done again and as always (video and work). Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

Yeah the trim ring looks great.

Great explanations and demos...The craftsmanship is exceptional. Enjoy it immensely. Thanks for your time and hard work.

Howzit Diff. Great job once again, and a wonderfully simplistic tutorial that makes it seem so easy.

Awesome work! and love your humour😂

The chop came out really goodl

Love your videos mate. I’m mad about anything cars especially rods and Kustoms (rat or not) the chop has come out brilliant. That for me was awesome but not the highlight! Your easygoing nature having a laugh not taking things too seriously and showing hiccups/challenges in videos is the most redeeming feature. I couldn’t ever tire of watching your videos/tutorials they’re interesting, honest, educational, funny and easy watching. Great job thank you, you’re a cool guy

Great work Div! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us…

Lekka man! I'm lovin' on your channel so much that I'm getting kak done on my own projects- lol. Cheers from the wet coast of Canada.

Great job again! I think you are spot on with that rear window. I like more glass to see out of. So glad to see your stitch work on the roof. That really adds some style to a rat rod. I need to get one of those thinking chairs like you have. It gives you great ideas.

Great video, very well explained what you were doing, looking properly LEKKA Div

Great work again mate.

Bonsoir c super ce que vous faites cordialement

Awesome video, you make it look easy! I love the look. I also really like the look of the stitching, it's a nice touch!

coming along nicely diff, !

Looking good there the chop came out great.

Awesome videos! New subscriber from Canada!

great job so much fun ,i love your vids and way of doing things you inspire me to do another rod thanks 👍

We usually cut the roof in 4 sections so we don't change the angle of the A piller or B piller.. also I cut a section out of the inside of the A piller to weld the inside metal other wise your only welding the outside

Good job and thank u for showing us

👍and that’s the way it’s done fellas. Good stuff (SUBd)

There you are! I thought you'd lost your camera boet!

Ive been watching this series for a while now and just subscribed to your chanel, i like the way you work and your explanations are very easy to understand! I think youre doing a great job, i look forward to seeing you finish this build, its going to be really cool my friend!! Im following your progress from northern ontario canada,

Love it very good explanation of how to do it

Looking Good

Yet another very good tutorial . Keep up the good work !

Great video, very informative. You have inspired me to chop my 47 now I know how to do it. Thank you.

Good work, you are very smart!

My REGARDS FROM GUATEMALA CENTRAL AMÉRICA I'M MANUEL

Your Great Div ! So smart, thanks for showing how to chop the roof on your chevy . You make it so easy to follow each step and tasks to accomplish it . Job well done my friend. " Lekka Boet "

That came out awesome, I think it's a perfect amount of chop for those models 👌 can't wait for the next bit of voodoo on the monster

Ya got this reminds me of dad's shop always figuring how to make it on a budget money was always tight back then so thks for sharing keep it up like 2 other shows on RU-vid ya right up ther with them so that's why l,m signed up to learn how to do it best l can with what l,ve got great understanding 😊

It's looking really sharp! A mixture of hydrogen peroxide and table salt is the blackbelt rust inducer. I use it for ghetto grade gun part rust bluing. The more salt you add the more aggressive it is.

Deft it's looking lekker You are a fundi of weld

I like your work shop set out. Everything has its place. Jou plek is sharp my broer, smaak jou twee vraagmotors. Especially the REO.

Nice!

A real metal máster.

New subscriber, awesome job!

That's looking good excellent job, can't wait to see it's progress,all the best to you and your loved ones

Turned out great Div. You certainly made it look easy. Sure would be interesting to see a "time invested balance sheet" similar to your cost breakdown. Thank you again for Sharing.

Made to look very easy, but certainly is not , tidy job from south African dude in England, currently doing a camper conversion 🇬🇧

I was waiting too long to this video. Finally. Really interesting metal work. I am looking forward to see how you fit the truck doors. BIG LIKE !

Diffy, you created the world's first slotted sunroof, but then you went and closed it! 😂

This is the most comprehensive video I’ve ever seen, awesome results, perhaps I will chop my 49. I assume you have to pie cut the door to get that slope right, maybe a part 3 ? Love your work!

Awesome vid! That looks great.

as usual LEKKA mate! looks great!

I went through a lot of the comments. I didn't see one saying. Put on a welding hood. Like VERY important safety device. Please

Looking really good. Thanks for the video 👍

Awesome work .Thanks for all the information.

Shiny paint causes STRES, LAKKA

Mate what a job 👏 I wish I could do that art work you are doing mr rat rod

"Lead"........What can you do? You can heat it up with a torch and scrub it with a wire brush.

needs a cool visor over the windshield

Looking great Div! You are making good progress. I was wondering... you have a nice rake on the cab, what if the hood and fenders had a slight forward rake also? You might have the engine bay room since you don't have a stock size engine. Seems like a lot of effort, but might look good, or not.

You welded up your sunroof, well it was a pretty narrow one.

like your one man operation i am in same

Good job Div! You've actually got me thinking I could chop the top on my 67' f100 2 inches myself. I've got to see you do the doors first though. I think the stock roof height on these pickups is a little too high, and 2 inches would bring mine into better proportion I think. Of course, it's just my opinion

Lekka Dude 👍🏻✌🏻🤟🏻

Div! hello again. Just looking at your 1951 chevy 's stance which I really Like , how did you do it? You and I have the same taste in the way I like my stance on my car to look. I like mine LOW and Rake ! Even when you were mentioning during your CHOP session of the rear of the roof being higher and the front about 1 to 2 inch lower. That's the way I like mine also, Anyhow I thought you had channel the cap and the fenders followed for a great look. Just need your information as to how you did it THANKS!

Great chop, enjoyed your commentary. When you originally cut the top off could you not have just manipulated the front pillars instead of having to stretch the roof? I’m only interested as I’ve never done this and wondered if it was possible. Thank you 😊

Hi Diff hier gaan ons alweer ,kwaai

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You should name the truck stitch’s

Don't overlap the pieces. But weld them, aaaaaarg.

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