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Sid · 03-23-2019, 04:34 PM

I am trying to figure out how much chop a 1930 Ford coupe has. Can someone give me a measurement of a corner of a windshield or door window opening in the center on a stock 30 standard coupe?

Dick Steinkamp · 03-23-2019, 07:05 PM

"I'm trying to figure out how much chop a 1930 Ford coupe has."
What do you mean by "how much chop"?

"Can someone give me a measurement of a corner of a windshield or door window opening in the center"
Measurement from where to where? Which corner? In the center of what?

Sid · 03-23-2019, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dick Steinkamp

"I'm trying to figure out how much chop a 1930 Ford coupe has."
What do you mean by "how much chop"?

"Can someone give me a measurement of a corner of a windshield or door window opening in the center"
Measurement from where to where? Which corner? In the center of what?

The center of the door window opening. Standing on the outside of the car for the measurements. or the outside outer vertical edge of the windshield frame . It don't matter which corner. Left or right. This one measuring corner of w/s frame is about 12 1/4". The door window opening is about 10" vertically in the center.

Dick Steinkamp · 03-23-2019, 07:21 PM

OK...I get it.

You have a Model A coupe with a chopped top and you want to know how much it has been chopped.

You want a measurement from a stock car of either the vertical post of the windshield, OR of a door window from the center of the top of the window to the bottom of the glass.

I can get those measurements for you tomorrow if no one responds before then.

Sid · 03-23-2019, 07:30 PM

Yes...Either way. Measuring the vertical portion of the w/s frame on the outside next to the pillar also works. Car is supposed to be chopped 2 1/2" but I think closer to 3 1/2.

Dick Steinkamp · 03-24-2019, 11:19 AM

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These from my tudor, but the windshield and doors are the same as a coupe. Measurements are from glass edge to glass edge.

Keith True · 03-24-2019, 04:40 PM

Windshield is the same,but the doors are not.The window opening on a coupe is about 13-1/2,and the tudor is about 14-1/2. That is the measurement taken in the center of the window opening,as in Dick's picture.In 30-31 the coupe doors are all by themselves,and the 30-31 tudor and closed cab pickup are the same.

Sid · 03-24-2019, 06:33 PM

Thanks...My coupe window opening in the center is right at 10" .I am figuring about a 3" chop.

03-23-2019, 04:34 PM	#1
Sid Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rathdrum Idaho Posts: 737	1930 Model A top I am trying to figure out how much chop a 1930 Ford coupe has. Can someone give me a measurement of a corner of a windshield or door window opening in the center on a stock 30 standard coupe?

03-23-2019, 07:05 PM	#2
Dick Steinkamp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 1,163	Re: 1930 Model A top "I'm trying to figure out how much chop a 1930 Ford coupe has." What do you mean by "how much chop"? "Can someone give me a measurement of a corner of a windshield or door window opening in the center" Measurement from where to where? Which corner? In the center of what? __________________ All steel from pedal to wheel

03-23-2019, 07:21 PM	#4
Dick Steinkamp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 1,163	Re: 1930 Model A top OK...I get it. You have a Model A coupe with a chopped top and you want to know how much it has been chopped. You want a measurement from a stock car of either the vertical post of the windshield, OR of a door window from the center of the top of the window to the bottom of the glass. I can get those measurements for you tomorrow if no one responds before then. __________________ All steel from pedal to wheel

03-23-2019, 07:30 PM	#5
Sid Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rathdrum Idaho Posts: 737	Re: 1930 Model A top Yes...Either way. Measuring the vertical portion of the w/s frame on the outside next to the pillar also works. Car is supposed to be chopped 2 1/2" but I think closer to 3 1/2.

03-24-2019, 04:40 PM	#7
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,987	Re: 1930 Model A top Windshield is the same,but the doors are not.The window opening on a coupe is about 13-1/2,and the tudor is about 14-1/2. That is the measurement taken in the center of the window opening,as in Dick's picture.In 30-31 the coupe doors are all by themselves,and the 30-31 tudor and closed cab pickup are the same.

03-24-2019, 06:33 PM	#8
Sid Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rathdrum Idaho Posts: 737	Re: 1930 Model A top Thanks...My coupe window opening in the center is right at 10" .I am figuring about a 3" chop.