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Why Did You Decide To. . .
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:01 am
by plowboy
Chop the top off your BII. Looks, convience, just something to do? etc. Maybe I should have made this a poll
My reason is simple, I want the "open air", "let the sunshine in" kind of a thing. You know EB style with out the money to buy an EB. Champaign taste on a water budget( can't say beer because even if I did drink it I wouldn't have the mone for it right now anyway).
Won't be practical for winter but DD and trails in the summer is what I really look forward to.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:27 am
by Nobody
I had a friend in highschool with a BII. I think it was around 1991 I helped him chop the top. Our auto/metal shop teacher said, "if Heny Ford saw that he would roll over in his grave"
I ended up buying my Bronco II wrecked. I had full intentions of chopping it right way. I thought they looked cool as a pickup. Of course I quickly grew attached to having the back on there.
Fast forward a couple years.... I V8 and promptly roll it.
The rear portion survived the roll, but I decided it was as good a time as any to chop it.
Post chop, I like wheelin it much better. My Bronco has also doubled as a much needed work truck. Not so great for daily driving. Can't lock up my stuff (could if I finished it).....there's no place haul stuff safely like my fishing gear. Even with no window in back, it's not quite the openess one would hope for. And now that I have a daughter, I need a back seat again so I can bring her up in 5 feet of snow.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:51 pm
by ranger5.0
PSSSST........That is why I had to build a Blazer.
I believe most chop tops are from the loss of a rear window.($650.00
) At least in my case.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:04 am
by Nobody
ranger5.0 wrote:PSSSST........That is why I had to build a Blazer.
I believe most chop tops are from the loss of a rear window.($650.00
) At least in my case.
Ok, the idea is to not have to walk home in the rain.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:25 pm
by ranger5.0
The IDEA is to keep the kids dry.
I have yet to walk home though in any of the 4X4's I have built. Even when I blew the rearend in my BII, I drove it 15 miles home. Though the ring and pinion weren't salvagable.
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:21 pm
by NMB2
because i rolled my truck over and my toolbox shattered the side glass....and i didnt feel like pulling glass out my parts truck...although alot of times i really wish i would have. it looks cool and catches peoples eyes. also made it alot less top heavy