To chop top, or not to chop top? That is a question hot rodders have been asking since the inception of the genre of car enthusiasm in the 1930s. Back then, hot rodders would do anything to gain more ...

One of the most popular body modifications, the chop top has been around for decades, even though the true origins of the design remain a mystery. No one is certain about the design's exact beginnings ...

No matter what you call it, lowering lids, cutting turrets or chopping tops is as fundamental to hot rodding as punching louvers, engine swapping and get ting rid of incidentals such as fenders, cowl ...