How to cut a windshield. Custom chop top. Windshield and back glass. Deep Ellum Auto Glass. 214-712-0000. 214-893-6757. Dallas, Tx www.deepellumau... / deepellumautoglass
And it only took him 30 years to put that skill into his hands. OMG I love this. I am so inspired. This is one of the best build video I ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm 14 and have started my own car company. Some day I promise I will do this and remember with respect Deep Ellum Auto Glass.
We can cut your glass for your chop top. We also install any glass needed. Wet belt sanding is another way to get the glass to the size you need. Cutting is quicker but the down fall to cutting is that not all windshields survive cutting. They sometimes will crack during the cut. Wet belt sanding is more time consuming but the glass makes it almost every time that way.
you make a very hard job look very easy. great job and keep the vids coming. to all the guys and gals at DeepEllumAutoGlass have a great day and thanks sharing your work with the rest of us.
I have used lexan since 1979 on my six-inch chopped top 1969 Mustang Mach 1. It went into outdoor storage in 1998 and suffered a serious rustout that I have been busy reengineering over recent months. This time around it will have a glass windshield, and the rear glass iis already installed for the first time since the chop. As a first-time glass cutter I found the right self-oiling diamond tip cutter folowing RU-vid videos, cut corners first. The curator of House Of Kolors Kandy Urethane Jon Kosmoski's radical 58 or 59 Ford F 100 chopped-top he cut the windshield with a belt-sander which must have taken a month of Sundays, but after it was show and road worthy it cracked and he had to sand down another one shortly before selling it and it fell into obscurity, it may be what prompted him to sell it, "not a third time". I have a perfect lexan windshield pattern from the last build, roughly what would it typically cost to send it to your shop from Fort Lauderdale Florida zip 33312 to R/R a clean cut?
no I just heard the tap wow awesome trick on cutting and burning with alcohol I will have to remember that on my rat rod project. thanks for the awesome video
Could you give us some more details of how to cut glass down using the wet belt sanding method please? I'm thinking about cutting the roof off my car from just behind the top of the windscreen and then angling the roof in a shallow curve down to just above the rear lights. I'll need to cut down both side windows and front door windows. Thanks
Nice job I liked how u cut the corners first then the width that was a big shield to I also liked after u made the cuts u let the alcohol seep into the cuts to help burn the lamy away less cutting less chance of loosing the shield here in philly r guys r to scared to just get in there and do it and I love chopped cars but those old car shields aren't cheap to lose one hurts very cool video thanks
Looking to chop a 1953 Oldsmobile 88 hardtop my question in concern is the back glass do you have any suggestions factory rear glass is tempered. Didn't know if there is an alternate solution. Thanks in advance!
You will either need to keep the rear glass hole the same, do not alter, then you can use the same glass. If it’s altered you will need to source a new laminated rear window so it can be altered to fit the new hole. Best to keep the same opening for the rear glass
It's the same glass that would be used for this vehicle if it wasn't chopped. Usually the glass that was in this vehicle before being chopped is used for a template along with practice for making the necessary cuts on the new replacement glass. The guy in this video didn't fabricate a glass part for this vehicle he basically modified the glass part manufactured for replacement of these vehicles.
ThomasTheSailor Chubby We have a 6 foot tall wet belt sander. Cut as much as you can. Sand it to get it where you need. 80-120 grit paper with water to keep it cool
Jill Koch We do that to get as flat/straight piece to cut off as possible. It’s hard to get a piece off if it’s curving or wrapped around. The flatter the better.
Slightly curved due to the shape of the car, very rare you find cars with perfectly flat windows (often really old cars have them) but cars from the 40's onwards often had curves to make them suit the car more.
Wheelie Kings I actually did this video many years ago for a specific customer who asked it to be done this way. I communicate very well. This customer asked, I obliged. And he purchased what he said he would. I didn’t get smart right off the bat. A little bit of respect might get you somewhere in life.