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Bad Ass Dave

 

Nice clean look!

 

My '51 Custom Club Coupe, had it since 1998, slowly making changes.

mostly original sheet metal, but for a couple little holes in the hood,

leaded rear fenders, shaved emblems, '49-50 tail lights

custom dash and a console I made from another dash to hide a modern stereo and a holey SS sheet metal enclosure below for speakers (not in pic)


and a '58 hemi

Its made the drive from the SF Bay area to Paso/Santa Maria every year since 2002 at about 13 mpg!

sorry for so many pics.

 

Nice hood treatment!

 

Love the dash Russ and I can't wait for mine to be as low as yours is THR1LL3R. Both are beautiful cars.

 

Here's mine on the trip back from Wisconsin last summer. A little rusty but it's complete.

 

little update on mine, , , she is rust free!!

 

Update on mine. Jamco is doing it up right. Big thanks to Jim over at Jamco.

 

now on dropped uprights

 

Josh! That looks sweet! Great job in such short amount of time!

 

I'm in 1950 woodie wagon.

 

Sweet rides

 

I know a lot of guys don't like the looks of Chopped business coupes, And I've heard all the reasons why, but I really like them....I like the short roof and the long trunk, It's just a personal taste thing......If anybody has any more pix of chopped coupes, I would like to see them......Thanks.....

 

Hi Friends, My name is Path, Im from Argentina
Im Chopping my 51' Custom fordor, i cutted 5" in the front 9" 1/2 in the rear
and the B pillar gonna be slanted, moved back, make front door larger (like a coupe) and and and.... i dont know when im gonna finish it, i only can work on the car the saturdays, but im doing it fast, i made the chop, tack and weld in 1 day !

Hope you like it !


Heres when i bring it to my home

The interior is complete, only missing a radio knob, and two of the knobs that are arround the clock, i dont know what goes there.


The flathead


Going to the shop ! There is my falcon and a friend o mine 62 borgward isabella


the ass !

The chop, we cutted the roof in halfs, haha i know its weird, hope it works

Me inside the car

thats me again happy or scarried ?



9 1/2" in the back

The rear glass, im not happy with the position, im gonna change it this saturday.


This is my first top chop ever, my first big work on a project like this, i built the falcon two years ago, but this is something diferent and crazy, advices, help and everything you can tell me, is SO WELCOME !

Thank you folks !

 

Here's mine, '51 coupe. Fatman dropped spindles, can't adjust the camber. Anybody?

 

Those are some great looking cars. Damn I got to get me a shoebox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Great looking ride,did you remove the rear vent window pillar and if so how was this done?

 

I'm in, new to the Shoebox Fords but love fords as my other car is a restored 1972 Comet GT and restoring the 50 now. Need gas door if anyone has one for sale.

 

hey man,
its outta there but havent got windows back in it yet But my plan is to cut out the vent channel, make my own window channel and use a 66 mustang rear window reg, still have to make some templates up but im hoping it will work. Definitely dont want fixed rear glass!

 

You have to do that Sean, those little rear windows look so daggy.

Brad

 

makes the thing look like a four door! cant wait to see the body back on your rails brad, looking killer so far!

 

another little update on mine, got the car pinstriped by my good friend Steve Havens in Colorado Springs and painted the wheels to match!

 

I will be reproducing Merc style grille surrounds for shoebox Fords- I know that there are a few of us here that like Merc surrounds, I'm just trying to make them easier to find!

 

I am still new to the Shoeboxes and learning new stuff all the time, but what exactly would this Merc style grill surround look like?

Thanks,
Chad

 

ive been busting my hump on my new 50 for the last couple weeks man replacing rusty floorpans is a pain can i join?

 

interested....

 

The surround will look like a '49-'51 Mercury grille surround, without the turn signal pods on the ends. It will be formed from 16g steel, and have inner bracing for strength. It will not include a latch, as your latch setup may be different than customer #2's, etc... See picture below for the general aesthetic thanks to Lee Pratt's shoebox. This is what one will look like installed.

You sure can 57/60. Keep on keepin' on.

PM sent happy hoppy.

 

Sweet looking shoebox man!

 

I have to agree.

Calicruiser, I really like the minimal use of pin stripes. Very tasteful