Projects 50 Chev chop/section

Well the story goes I got me a free 2 door chev so I decided I'd take 3" out of the side of it and pull 4" off the top

I'll post updates as I go

Just got her home



Nice ratty interior



Strip down time



New power plant chev 350



Some rust issues have to get those out the way first before I cut her up



Getting her marked up for a 3" section



Snip snip





Drop her back down



The start of lots of welding to come




Now for the chop. Keeping it simple strait 4"








Now to start on the doors

 

Doors back on and decided to slant the posts




Parting shot for now...




























New toys!!



Time to squash the trunk
First gotta cut out the guts



Next mark it and cut er up



This part was a lot of trial and error now I know why everyone bitches about doing these trucks and nothing lining up or stretching to place lol. Eventually got er figured out.

 

Innards all abortioned in place



The new slimmer ass end.



Parting shot

 

Nice work and beautiful lines,
You make it look so easy!
Congrats

 

Hey, 'Hoitink'...very nice!

Only here on the HAMB, can we see a grungy old give-away car be turned into a badass custom before our very eyes!

Keep us posted...

 

big brass balls

 

Nice job! The flow is lookin real good.

 

Wow - no fear! No messing about either. How long did all this take?

 

Looking good.

 

you make it look so easy

 

Some damn fine work there. I would also like to know how long it took.

 

Not sure on how many hours but have been working on it for about 2 and a half weeks.

 

Two weeks? Is that all!!?!

 

I love how this is coming out.
the trunk lid looks cool!

Check out the quick photochop I did and see what you think.
I had read that in the 50's sometimes they would raise the windshield frame back up into the roof to better line up the w/s with the door windows.

 

Nice job!Many hours to finish!Blod and tears.

 

Looks good - probably too late by now though - I expect its already in paint by now!

 

yes by the way this is are moving! he is probably cruising right now...
here is the car I was thinking of , from riksters site... I think they raised the w/s and pancaked the roof skin

 

Wow! I can't get a gas filler door shaved in two and a half weeks! LOL.

 

Nice job man! I like how you did the doors,instead of cutting through the outer skin you relieved the inner structure ,slid the skin down and trimmed the bottom off,Nice.The trunk lid came out great also.Jobs like this separate the Bullshitters from the real custom builders with talent .

 

OK, Now I'm impressed all to hell. Nice work!. Please keep us posted. I wanna see how this turns out.
I dont often rate threads, but this is a five star for sure!

 

Awesome!!!!!!

 

Damn, you made that look easy. That car is the perfect look....I'm jealous!!!!

 

god you make it look easy!!! great job, looks killer!!

ian

 

Hell yeah bro! My kinda shit right there. +1

 

Very cool. Normally i don't like sectioned cars..
But your proportion's look real good! I think this is going to be real slick when your done..
Nice work!!!

Tony

 

WoW!

Mind elaborating on the trunk a bit?
What would you do differently next time?

Thanks
Thom

 

....so im assuming this one is done and another car is in there by now LOL

 

You can almost see the old girl smile!!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!

 

Not usually crazy about sectioned cars,but yours looks great.Cant wait for more progress pics.

 

This makes me want to blow my car apart just so I can section it! After seeing how you went through yours, it looks like a cakewalk. Very nice job tho, that's one thing about being in Canada. Once winter hits, there's lots of time for out in the garage!!