Roof Chop Mini

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Roof chop mini. Mini cooper mod roof chop. Lights fitted and door release buttons complete with remote unlocking full custom interior with snakeskin dashboard stereo cobra classic bucket seats cross harnesses. Woolery added less than an inch to the top s length to make it right. I heard it was because the person doing the chop ran a continous bead on the sheet metal creating hot spots and warping the panel.
By mini geek tue 29th apr 2008 07 24pm i have a spare mini shell and i have thought about messing about with it its i bit past being back on the road so i might as well ruin it befor i scrap it so i have thought about having a go at chopping and de seeming a mini and this shell would make a ideal practice toy. The person who did the 2nd chop replaced the roof panel with one from the 53 chev and then ran 1 inch beads every 6 inches to minimize the heat and then hammer welded the. This is the one that stops people in there tracks and and gets an unbeleivable amount of attention. What we do is turn the mini into a pick up truck with an ice chest in the back under.
Stripping it down and prepping it for the actual cut of the roof. Mini truck showdown 2020. The inside of the roof just ahead of the b pillar shows a similarly limited amount of work. Viewing is advised to appreciate this mini.