***Munster's 51' Chevy coupe Chop***

Killer stuff...I love the 51's and you are doing that one up right!

 

wow man that is some bitchin metal work there

 

Super stoked for you Eddie. Now maybe Segura will finish his.......or have Ian do it!!!
Stellar work.

 

Ian I can't talk to you anymore....your too much of a celebrity now!!!!


Seriously great work buddy!

 

nice lines

 

Ian- man the work looks great in person. It was great meeting you guys- and I mentioned you Saturday night and Dewey and Julie had nothing but great things to say about you and your work. You were right about Gene's class... now I just gotta jump into it! Let me know if you feel like coming to Texas man!

Spaz

I think I took a picture of every car Gene had at his place too lol.

 

Love your stuff too brotha!!

Thanx bro! I already told munster to tell Segura i'll finish it if he wants it done.

What the hell are you talking about!
Thanx bro!!

Hey Bro, Sorry i didnt answer my phone sunday night, Way to much alcohol Halloween night and the migraine on top of that, I was a dead man sunday!!

Im glad you had fun at Gene's, they're all good people over there!! Now get busy, and start cutting!!

Ian

 

Great work man....You are a machine! I cant wait to finish the chop on my 53

 

Ian....more GREAT work!!!!!!! These pics are GREAT!! It's really going to help me when I go to chop mine. Those lines are perfect!

 

That's an understatement! I've wanted to try that on a car, but never had the stones to try it. I just traded for a '68 C-10 Chevy PU, that I might cut the roof off of and build an open truck, just to see if I can pull it off right...and THEN try cutting on a coupe and chop the top!!!

 

That was what I was hoping for

 

Damn good work Ian.... thanks for taking time to post pics....

 

Thanx for the kind words guys!!

I finished the other side today, but need to clean up the metal a bit before the final pics, tomorrow!!

Starting on the rear 1/4 window corners tomorrow, i should be on the sail panels by friday!!

Ian

 

Ian, can I come sit on a milk crate and just watch in amazement at how fast and well you are doing this chop? I am totally serious...I will sweep your work area and pass you tools. PM me, I would love to see your work up close.

 

HAHA!! You can come down and visit if you want, I find it hard to work though when people are staring at me LOL!! And im not kidding!! I absolutlely dont mind when friends visit, i usually just take a break and smoke a few cigarettes!! and talk for a while......You're more than welcome to come over!! PM me, ill give you my adress! I 'll show you around my 17" x 19" garage!!

 

Awesome work Ian glad you decided to post up a few shots of the chop.Thanks for sharing them man!!

 

Thanx Muncie!!

Got some more done on the Chevy, Got the other inside B pillar finished and strong and the other door top. No need for pics, it looks exactly the same!!
Finished the 1/4 window corners today and started on the inner structure but ran out of GAS.

First i made a cut to relieve the tension between the beltline and the roof corner



braced the corners to be able to work without having to pull and to keep everything straight.



I forgot, i also cut a bit of sail panel to be able to pull the corners properly without forcing



cut a section of the rear window corner. Im going with a tighter corner so not to lose window size. So the original corner was cut in half and a couple pie cuts







then you make the cuts and start to fill in the empty spots, and i also added a piece on the end to fill in the big empty spot so i can lay my sail panel and it'll follow the line.







I also trimmed the the top piece to the rear window and clamped it and i think it'll flow real nice. It will still maintain the roundness in the back. It definitely not gonna be flat. the pics suck because it was getting dark and i suck at the camera settings.





Tomorrow finish the inner structure and weld the bottom of the rear window......Friday, on to the sail panels

 

great job!

 

Man that thing is looking good Ian!!!! Everytime I check this thread I want to head into the garage and break out the cutting wheel on my '54. Wanna go on vacation to Austin and do mine?!!!!

 

Bitchin' Chop! Great work man, again! The lines flow very well.

 

You got to be freakin kiddin me!!! Seriously Ian.... you keep doing work like this and i'll be loading the shoebox up and headin to cali!! Come on I dare you.... show the progress on just one more chop job!!!

How many days you need the shoebox?

 

Thanx guys!! I'm stoked you guys like it!!

Chadillac, There's absolutely no pressure on taking the shoebox over here, it's ALL up to you and we'll still be friends if you don't!! I need 3 weeks for the chop.
If there's nothing after this I'm thinking of buying a 49-52 and chop it, customize it , Lower it and sell it to somebody to finish!!

 

Hi Ian. Hey, I probably missed this info...maybe you've already said, but did you take some welding and/or metal-forming classes? Or did you pick this stuff up by just doing? I know you said that you studied many other chops, but have you had training? If you say you learned it on your own, I'm just gonna fall down!....... - Rick (Thanks Ian)

 

You mean I gotta stay with you for 3 weeks!! man that'll get old really quick!!

 

Dang if we were closer, I'd bring you my 52 chevy for a chop job on my shoebox!

 

I took a 2 day class with Gene Winfield and bought his videos, Watched them a whole bunch and a lot of YOUTUBE and pictures. I LOVE this stuff !! I am far from Metal shaping like i've seen some do on here ( There's a thread called " let's see some metal shaping") but I'm learning and Having fun doing it. I've also been unemployed for 1 year so far , so i've had a lot of time in the garage to mess around. I still need to really get busy and good with the english wheel, that's definitely not as easy as it looks!
I think most people can do it if they take it seriously!!

Thanx bro!!

 

P.S. --- "If there's nothin' after this..." LOL!!!!!!!!! Ian, you have to realize...by posting pics of your kick-ass work, I think you've got every custom enthusiast here wanting you to chop their rides! (excellant exposure) I think you're gonna be busy doin' this stuff for the rest of your life. Mo chops...mo money...a shop with mo room...mo famous...mo money...GAAAROANTEEEED! - Rick

 

hahaha!!

 

O.K..........I just fell down.

 

dude you deffinately have an eye for proportion that chop is the perfect amount. and speaking of the wheel how long have you been using it?????? seems as if you either picked it up pretty quick or youve been at it a while.