A sneak peak into chop top number 15 as it heads for Archie's shop.

13" Corvette Brakes niceeeeeeeeee !

Look for some big rims and tires on this puppy ! Oh yeah it's got a little something under the decklid too, to justify that new stopping power.

No unfortunatly it's not mine, and no it's not the fiero redux ,.............just posting for a friend.
This car is going to be wicked !

quote Originally posted by exoticse: No unfortunatly it's not mine, and no it's not the fiero redux ,.............just posting for a friend. This car is going to be wicked !

That's to bad, I thought you were getting the car you always wanted. I'm sure your friend will love it.

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Oooh, Oooh Oooh, I know who's car it is!!

Actually he already announced in another thread that he was heading to Archie's. Ow well, my ole' choppy isn't the newest on the block anymore.

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1988 GT (Firebird Interior),1988 Fastback (4.9 Chop-top #1 of 1), 1984 Indy...Firebird Interior Installation Website

who says u get 15, i guess the cats out of the bag, cuz i had to tell what size my roll bar needed to be

quote Originally posted by jscott1: Oooh, Oooh Oooh, I know who's car it is!! Actually he already announced in another thread that he was heading to Archie's.

Hehehe i must have missed that one Jscott. He really hasn't been all that secretive about it though.

Talk about your dream garages ! He is one lucky guy. WHich one do u drive ????????

Thanks DL10,..but i will make it happen trust me ! Might take me a year or so but i will have a chop top at Daytona 2006 !

Shue glue i think the 15 reference is for chops done by Archie. However Congrats to you for taking the job on yourself. Wish i had your skills.

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i was just kidding about the 15 thing, just excited how well my cars coming along, to be honest. you do have my skills, im definetly a first timer, just did lots of measuring and put some elbow grease into it, but i cant wait to get the windows all in and the cabin sealed up then paint, new motor for spring oh i cant wait! but anyway for now ill be stuck in the garage.

justin

Yeah I have Archie chop top number 14. There are at least a half dozen or so done by others. Not all are active on the forum, so it's hard to get an exact count.

Which one to drive is a good question. I don't know how the other guy decides but for me it's the one with the least issues. Right now I'm driving my T-top, which still gets a lot of looks. I had a guy follow me into the gas station asking a lot of questions about it. He didn't speak much english but I understood the "bueno" part of it.

quote Originally posted by exoticse:

Those wheels look awfully familiar! Even looks sorta the same color as Rie's car in that picture. I have to admit that I didn't realize this new one was a GT though. I thought it was a notchback.

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Choptop owner 15 tells me Archie will be posting updates to this thread as work progresses so yipeeeeee !

TTT

Archie, where are the updates???

quote Originally posted by jscott1: TTT Archie, where are the updates???

Well we have the car all stripped down and are going to start cutting in the morning.

I took several pictures but I left the disc with the pictures at the shop tonight.

So that means there will be twice as many pictures tomorrow night.

Archie

quote Originally posted by Archie: So that means there will be twice as many pictures tomorrow night. Archie

blake = (cries with anticipation... seethes with jealousy)

Here's the report for Monday.

We started out with a complete car & started taking it apart.

By lunch it was looking like this............

We had to spend the last few hours Monday working on other projects.

Archie

Hmmmm......? Guys with saw-alls always seem to be smiling while their cut'n up a car? Hehehehe.

#15 is off to an excellent start. One of the few 88 Chop tops out there, and Cadillac powered. Hmmm, I like the sound of that. And the first Red fastback Chop top, (to stay red).

Well as predicted, we finished up all the welding today & Started fitting the rear clip.......

Archie

Notchback Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now bring on the aero nose, 13" wheels, 4-banger, & regular ground fx too. Hehehehehe. (owner plays Dr. Dre and then passes the chronic)

Yeah, Archie I get the joke.

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Good thing Archie didn't play that joke on me, I'd have a heart attack.

This car will be FAR, FAR, FAR different than a stock notchback.

quote Originally posted by madcurl: Yeah, Archie I get the joke.

Oppps, sorry posted the wrong picture.

But you know I had to get something different posted up. We've done so many of these on PFF & the proceedure doesn't change all that much that they all start looking like the last one. I hope I'm not boreing the PFF members.

Archie

Has everybody figured out that madcurl is choptop #15's owner ?? hehehehe

I gaurantee some people still have not figured it out !

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Has everybody figured out that madcurl is choptop #15's owner ?? hehehehe I gaurantee some people still have not figured it out !

OK, Now I am confused. I thought Curley was chopping that custom beast he has been working on for the past X months?

--Will

quote Originally posted by Will-Martin: OK, Now I am confused. I thought Curley was chopping that custom beast he has been working on for the past X months? --Will

Like many of us, He has several Fieros. The only difference is that Curley is modifying all of them.

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quote Originally posted by Will-Martin: OK, Now I am confused. I thought Curley was chopping that custom beast he has been working on for the past X months? --Will

He is,. stay tuned...hehehehe.

Gets a wee bit complicated, but all will become clear.

Three is a really nice number !

so thats like 12gs+ into chop tops, i bet archie gives him a deal for the business and the advertisement, if theres one car that makes people want one its the silver car with lambo doors. i cant wait to see what happens to this one. Hey madcurl how old are you anyway, just curious i never know anything about anyone on here except they have sweet fieros. Anyway im 21 and a do it myselfer. i work on GM big blocks, really big blocks 20cyclinder train marine genereator motors.

justin

quote Originally posted by Archie: Archie

Archie,
What arethe red and blue straps used for? I have tried to figure it out but nothing comes to mind on their purpose.

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quote Originally posted by madcurl: Hmmmm......? Guys with saw-alls always seem to be smiling while their cut'n up a car? Hehehehe.

I believe it's anticipation of seeing the foam insulation in the B-piller and the discussion about what that material is really made of.

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BlueGT

quote Originally posted by exoticse: Has everybody figured out that madcurl is choptop #15's owner ?? hehehehe I gaurantee some people still have not figured it out !

When i saw the northstar with a single exhaust being chopped it made me think of him

oh and Archie we could never get bored of choptop pictures

quote Originally posted by Will-Martin: OK, Now I am confused. I thought Curley was chopping that custom beast he has been working on for the past X months? --Will

Only Curley knows for sure, but I think his plan is that the 88 go to the Chop Shop first and become the Redux.

Yeah Curley only likes Chopped Fieros, so he wants them all chopped. I couldn't agree more, except I need Archie to start chopping T-tops then I might bring him some more business.

quote Originally posted by madcurl: (owner plays Dr. Dre and then passes the chronic) Yeah, Archie I get the joke.

RFLMAO!!!!!!!!!................. I listen to Dr. Dre

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quote Originally posted by Archie: I hope I'm not boreing the PFF members.

Boreing? I think most of us look forward to anything that is comming out of the shop and "we" get mad when were not updated. We even pick-a-part things in the background, inquires, and so forth. Yes, not many of us get to work-at a job which we truely like.

So your shop and other(s) are the common guys, "ESPN/Discovery" channel for Fiero junkie's.

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quote Originally posted by madcurl: Boreing? I think most of us look forward to anything that is comming out of the shop and "we" get mad when were not updated. We even pick-a-part things in the background, inquires, and so forth. Yes, not many of us get to work-at a job which we truely like. So your shop and other(s) are the common guys, "ESPN/Discovery" channel for Fiero junkie's.

ditto

Hmmmm.....with all of those home-made chops today, I'll bet that mock-up rear window board would be worth a lot of money if it landed in the wrong hands?

Archie, you better lock-it in the vault when finished, hehehehe.

All jokes aside, I talked to Jerry at XS Custom. He said it would take 3 weeks to make the Fiero VDC kit. Franks's wife VDC Fiero has been fixed with a new door too. There was some issue with the door.

quote Originally posted by madcurl: How many choptops are 88's?

# 14 for one

quote Originally posted by madcurl: A question for Archie. How many choptops are 88's?

Where is that thread you had going that describes each of the 14 cars & I can look thru that and give you an answer.

Archie

bump

Curley, if you see this tonight..... give me a call tomorrow about the SEMA thing, I have you registered.

Curley Taylor
V-8 Archie
Barrington, IL

Builder/Fabricator

Archie! There have been no new pics for 47.5 hours!!! Please, must have illustrated updates!

quote Originally posted by Archie: Where is that thread you had going that describes each of the 14 cars & I can look thru that and give you an answer. Archie

This one has the pictures:
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/044505.html

Here is the thread where Archie broke down the 14 chop tops that he had done...mine was the mysterious #14 as I hadn't announced it yet.

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/043372-2.html

Edit - that time I spent with MinnGreen at Wheatstock really paid off, he told me his secret to this search engine

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