OK so the tabs are basically temporary flanges for when he drops the roof skin back on. I dig. The method totally makes sense, I just hadn't followed progression on one until now. Keep the pics comin as they happen, I'm very interested.
Uuuuhh, is that the "I've still got the Blues" (guitarist)Gary Moore, or does he just have the same name?
You didn't dig up a thread from years ago about some car that never got finished, the car was just started 2 weeks ago dummy.
The car is being chopped right now, May 19,2008, been in the shop about 2 weeks. Charlie doesn't work on it full time, but often enough that I see progress when I get home every weekend. I dont think the Gary Moore I know knows what a guitar is but I'll find out.
I've got to add something along the guitar line. I was talking with Bob Segar about 6 months ago and had no clue it was him till after he left. One of the women who works with me came up and told me later.
It is a lot of work, but I now see why he does it that way. My pictures dont show it but he took a good 1 1/2 to 2 inches of crown out of the roof, and its consistent. He says it gives a lower profile without having to cut the **** out of the car.
Yeah, pretty similar... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64513&highlight=chop+metalshapes Cool to see somebody else's way of doing it...
The guy should have gone to Medical School...the Country is in need of good Surgeons....This is one car that won't fall prey to a hack with an "idea" of how to chop a top.......C9
It is a very nice job so far, but I do have one question. What is going to happen to the tabs between the chopped roof line, because they don't seem to be flush? Are they going to be bogged (bondoed) after being welded, or is there something else I'm missing? Not criticizing, just honestly curious.
Bogged, I think. I dont know for sure. I'm just waiting till he's done and then figure it out from there.
Hey, I'm sure that once the welding is completed, that those low areas will be bumped up with a hammer & dolly/s**** and the area well- blended over with a layer or two of plastic filler. S****ey Devils C.C. "Meanwhile, back aboard The Tainted Pork"
if that's all gonna be lapped welded I would say find another way to chop it. By the time all those many feet of welds are done not matter how slowly and far apart the tack are the sheetmetal is going to warp and when it does it is going to be hard as hell to reverse the damage when is MIG welded and two layers thick. Yes it looks pretty good from the side profile but the from the front or rear it looks wierd. I believe the term is tumblehome and on this car it's ****ed up. Brick
I'll admit I had some concerns but I trust him implicitly. I've seen his work now for years and count myself lucky to have gotten into his shop for the work. People who are way more knowledgeable then me with much nicer cars than mine have all told me I made the right choice. I wanted the crwn out of the roof and he got it out. I looked at the amount of welding on metalshapes chop, and I've seen the welding they have to do when they chop achevy fleetline, and I dont see anything out of the ordinary here. Here are some pictures of his interior work on the same car. The tunnel looks the way it does because I told him I wanted to put in T-bird buckets and needed more width for the mounts.
I've seen quite a few chopped and I don't see the need in cutting the whole roof center out. I understand the idea of getting rid of the crown,but don't think the end result will be worth all the extra work,welding.
When we all went to Norms house for the HAMB chop 06,Killer did a good job on his Shoebox. After a few relief cuts,the roor was back on and almost done in one day! Here's a few pic's...
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