how hard would it be to cut the entire roof off at the quater panels and put a new one on??

 

not so hard at all. get a sawzall and some liquid nails.

 

If your'e looking just to repair damage as in rollover,it's probably a total loss.But if your looking to chop the top to lower it,it would look great.On a scale of one to ten it wold be about eleven.It could be done but there are a lot of angles that would have to be matched up.The top would have to be lengthened to match up to the A pillar and then the windshield and rear glass channel would have to be modified to hold the glass.That brings us to tha glass itself.You could either use plexiglass or have a special order tempered safety glass made.I have no idea how much this would cost.About a two or three inch drop would look,well,sinister.I saw a Lincoln Mk VIII with a three inch drop on the Lincolns of distinction website a couple of years ago and it looked great.It will take a lot of time and money but if you have enough of either it could be done.Good luck.BTW it might be easier to start with a convertible.

 

i guess i should have been more specific. This is a 66 mustang coupe. it hasnt been rolled or anything and from looking at it it doesnt seem like it would be to hard. My dad owns a sheetmetal shop so ive got access to welders and all kinds of sheetmetal tools. i think that the hardest part is goin to be finding a junk mustang to get the top off of.

 

hardest part would be to get it to fit correctly after it is chopped, because when you chop a top the A, B, and C pillars dont line up anymore cuz you removed some material.

 

To each his own but I don't know if i'd chop a 66 because of the limited supply of the older cars.After all the car IS a classic.On the other hand,they chop antiques all the time and they are my personal favorites.

 

the reason im going to chop the top is because it is very rusty. I really havent decided yet becuase i dont know if the rust can be fixed or not and i dont want to screw someting up by chopping the top off and ruining my car