Projects "Rusty Cheese" 29 Model A BUILD

some, but not much...

 

I would, I still say go for 6"

 

The "proper" way to figure how much to chop is to sit in it and measure from top of head to roof. Then cut an additional inch....choice of head apparrel not withstanding......haha....


Looks good so far....

 

4" would be the shiznit..

 

3/4 box tubing, making the floor... slow but steady.

 

The floor structure is looking great. I think 3 inches would be best. 4 would look good but I think it would be tough to see around the carbs.

 

Do something unexpected and don't chop it at all

 

I told him it would look cool unchopped too right when we got it onto the frame. I think it would really be cool either way.

 

The floor structure is looking good! I'm interested in seeing what you plan on doing to connect the structure to the frame and to the body.

I'll be making new subrails for my 'A' Roadster on '32 rails soon, and I'm looking for some ideas / how-to...

 

Rusty Cheese

 

i know we make fun of his hair also. cool photo not?

 

oh ya BUNG KING.com. tell him to make more hot rod parts!

 

dont drop the bung into the hole after lunch. it sucks. not that i did that...

clean your metal!!!!!

 

nice tig next to my mig... not bad for a couple students.
thanks for all your help today kellan. he came over and helped on my build while he was waiting for his deck lid to cool...

 

still working on the doors, come on slow poke... (air force guys) thanks for all your help on the build lee. even if you do have pink hair...

 

dont forget to chase the threads after they KOOL!

 

Great thread... Enjoying the progress Curt, keep it up..

 

moparnate (right), not sure who that kid on the left is? he looks like trouble...

 

Very nice build, I enjoy seeing progress on builds like these. Nice job! Ill keep watching.

 

Looks really good. keep the pics comin!

 

oh yeah, that kid on the left can get you in some trouble!

 

No problem. That's what hot rodding is all about: trading parts, helping each other out, building kick-ass cars and having fun.

 

The moment we've all been waiting for. CHOP TOP TIME!

Door aligned and marked with pen not a marker. Lets start cutting!

 

Measure three times cut once, after lunch...

 

so after lunch I had my buddy check out the layout for the chop. he noticed that i was really close to the bottom radius of the window. hard to weld and grind in that area. i wanted to go that close for a staggered cut by the rear window opening. what to do???

 

so we decided to cut the three inches out of this bad spot on the rear passenger window. so no more staggered cut, lets just get to cutting it up!

 

got a teething 1.5 year old on my hands, more posts to come...

 

more photos of the chop... started with a saws-all then used a cutting wheel. too excited to take more photos when i was cutting.

 

thats where all the tools went. there she is with a 3'' chop.

 

Saweet!