I have decided I want to chop my full fender'd Tudor Model A. My other Model A is a fenderless car and I chopped it 61/2". I have looked and looked for examples of chopped Tudor's and have not had much luck finding one with fenders and a chop. I am thinking somewhere around 4 or 41/2" might be good on this car, but I sure would like to see some examples before I break out the saw. Anyone got some pictures of chopped Model A sedans with fenders? Here's a picture of mine as it is today, I really want to change that.
Are you doing anything else to the car? Changing wheels or stance? I think those things should be done first, as they will influence the style of car. And the chop should match the style.
There are probably a couple in this thread. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/model-a-sedans-picture-thread.269743/
Paul, Man thanks for that, I was hoping that 4 or 4 1/2" would look that good. That's pretty much the deal for me. Thanks Again!
Two things to think about with chopping the Tudor. 1: Drop the front seats to match the chop (kind obvious). 2: Rear Window size. Looking through the rear view mirror and a smaller rear window may be a challenge. I would try and keep the back window as tall as you can. Just my worthless $0.02.
Paul55, What size & brand of tires are you running? Also what is your rim widths & offset? Thank you. Bill
Fred Steele had an early A sedan which was chopped 6" in the early 60's and he didn't drop the seats as green73 suggested and it was a real pain in the neck riding in that thing. Marcus Edell has it now and it's for sale on the HAMB cl***ifieds. I'll see if I can find the link and post it.
Here's the link to the old Fred Steele Tudor. The pic with the Fall foliage was taken when Fred took us 3 Aussies on a tour of the New England covered bridges and Fall foliage back in 1966. We were glad to get out and straighten our necks at each covered bridge LOL https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...fred-steele-28-model-a-tudor-hot-rod.1062446/
I'd lower the front end first - give it a proper hot rod stance & tuck those front tires under the fenders - before thinking about chopping it.
Steffen, Man I envy your skills with that Photo Shop great work. Would you have any idea on how much chop that is? You have found the exact look I am wanting for this car. The stance on this car has changed quite a bit since I took those pictures. It installed a dropped axle that not only lowered the front of the car quite a lot and gave it a better rake, but also brought the front tires under the fenders. I also went with a little different rear tire as those were just to big.Steffens third picture is to me the perfect look.
@Hombre My Photoshop skills are low level. I have seen on the HAMB much better work. That was pippifax. Only cut and paste. I have absolut no idea how much inch it was. But you can easily figure out by compare the difference between B and C and you get the percent it was chopped and you can measure this on your car. Make sure that in both pics A has the same size.
dig it ! but I would stand a better chance of doing it in steel than on a computer... don't sell yourself short SJ.
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