Shortened Cars

England's Andy Saunders has a few short Minis under his belt..

It's fun doing wheelies in reverse!!

 

Always hated shortening in the middle,but shortening the overhang
sometimes works.
TwoChops

 

This was at the Hot-Rod-Arama back in 07

 

This one kills me... Its cool as hell. Now we gotta do that to our shop truck!

 

PERFECT. This car is awesome in my eyes...

 

I bet if a lot of those guys that shortened the tri five 4 door sedans back then, had realized they could have just scooted the middle door post back and filled in the quarter to make a regular looking two door sedan they would have..................on second thought maybe not considering the era and plenty of tri five chevys around to hack on
I would bet that most guys/gals today would choose that conversion over the shorty look
Today I personaly would rather have a 4 door than a shorty

 

Heres a some that iv seen




check out th cowl hood on this one

 

They're not ALL hideous! '56 Cad Sedan DeVille, 4 door hardtop, shortened 16", *******, w/s chopped 4".

 

And now for something completely ridiculious
(Not to sure where i got this pic, may have been here)

 

Hopefully mine will look less "like ****" when it's done. It's okay if it doesn't though, it's not for everyone...

 

Does this 4 door count?



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Friend & I cut back doors out of a perfectly good 55 wagon, summer '69.

It was an orange dune buggy, radiused wheelwells, dual rear tires.

Cruised Pismo Beach, CA in 1970-71. Fun wheelie machine.
Sold in Bakersfield early '72.

 

I just shortend mine in photoshop out of boredom... Don't think i went quite short enough with it tho... oh well i was fun.

 

That Cad looks good like that, but......... don't do it, that's a nice car.

 

The 55-57's were a lot easier to do with the straight frame rails. we did a 59 Chevy Wagon years ago. A lot of work to get the hourgl*** frame right it and get the front and back doors right with the fin starting in the middle. It was pretty wild looking and a handful to drive. Wish I still had it --would have made a sick altered as a track car

 

Shorten it about four more feet until the windshield gl*** meets the back window and it'll be a Cadillac bubble top.

 

Holy **** that actually has potential. Section it 4" and you have a mini-cad.

 

There are brand new steel 55-57 Chevy 2 door post doors availible to buy, and that's all you really need to convert a 4 door sedan into a 2 door sedan, therefore there is absolutely no need to cut up anymore tri-5's into clown cars.

Although I gotta admit, Nitrid's Caddy does look kinda awesome cut down like that. I might have to play with a couple other pictures to see what can be made.

I think one of the problems is people cut too much length out, enough to eliminate a whole rear door when really only a foot or less is necessary for the desired results.

 

this is what i started with...
For somereason I almost want to do this to my car. although i'd have no idea where to begin. I'm gonna start redoing this car in a week or 2. It's getting air ride, paint, losing some trim etc..

 

I was browsing through a circa-1960 Car Craft the other day and someone did this with a '56 Pontiac convertible, too - shortened and sectioned. Called it the "Papoose" .. although it looked more like just poop. Well, actually it looked mostly like a pedal car, with a too-big windshield screwing up the proportions.

 

holy ****!

 

How 'bout a '61 Imperial Southampton? Looks good with about a foot removed.

 

Sorry it does not work for me at all

 

There ia a 1950 ford on that site
that is shortned

Item number: 270333232241

i tried to post pis but having trouble today

Paul Jug

 

Ummmmm......

 

I see a 57 Chevy wagon here on L.I., it's at every car show with a for sale sign on it... probably still not sold.

 

You know this is not to bad i kinda dig it

 

That Caddy looks ****in awesome.... fire up the smoke wrench!!!

 

This kinda reminds me of Purple People Eater. Is it possible Marky mighta seen this prior to building it? Axle?-Weeks

 

wheres the mystery mobile from Back to the fifties, I don't have any pics but that thing was hilarious