What the heck are these guys thinking calling their early 30's coupes "highboys" when most of them clearly have chopped tops? I was always taught by the old school rodders that (unless it's a roadster) highboy coupes were always non-chopped or channeled bodies. Don't get me wrong, I love em' all but doesn't this make sense?  

sounds reasonable enough to me.  

Watch it, tiger--they ain't got it wrong. Terms often vary by locale and era, but it's generally accepted that a fenderless car whose body sits atop the frame is a highboy.

A highboy can be a coupe, roadster, sedan, cabriolet, or any variant with either a chopped or stock-height top. It cannot be channeled or have fenders and still be called a highboy.  

yeah i thought the same as Chris  

So if I leave my 30 chevy sedan sitting on the stock frame mounts, but chop the top 4 inches and lower the car all they way around in the suspension, pull off the fenders, It will still be considered a high boy?  

Thanks for the insight. As stated, I love em' so much that I just purchased a '33 Highboy 3-Window (glass body) fresh built car from the west coast. It just arrived the other day. It looks awesome. I am really pumped. Thanks again.