I'm all game for a new job with a killer paycheck
...on the serious side though, chopping a pic is one thing, actually designing a working, rolling car is a whole other animal. I think most of the guys that work in design are as passionate about cars as we are and they are probably full of as many cool ideas. But I'm willing to bet that most of those drawings and models wind up ina file or the trash because the "bean counters" wont let them go forward with such projects without market research that says it will be profitable (dont ask me where they get that info, cuz boy have they missed the mark on more than one occasion!)...as far as chopping T-tops goes, I have tried it in the past and it has a few drawbacks. From the side it looks much the same as a hardtop...I've done chops of targas and ragtops because they are more visual. To get a good chop of a t-roof car, you need an over head shot...which can easily be found, but then you need a similar angle interior shot to layer underneath (something like an interior mock up shot like they use in new car brochures)...but I havent seen one of those for a GP that has the same angle as the overhead car shot...It could be done with all the right images, but they're pretty tough to find...I wanna do another El Bonne chop with a roof...come to think of it, instead of a GM design job, how about a spot with Troy Trepanier to chop real custom cars?!
