Been to B'ville too and I've never seen one that looked like that. To each his own. But I'm not feeling the side window love either.
The side windows are angled because it is not a straight chop. The front is more than the rear to get the angle of the roof with out having to do a heavy channel in the front.
I have made some more progress on the front end last Friday filling in the cowl to create a straight line for the hood sides to match up with. It was great fun today with a heat index of 115 working for about 6hrs in it to remove the curved area of the hood for the fenders. And filling them in with a straight piece giving the hood more taper to the sides. I will grind down my welds tommorrow and start mocking up the bottom hood/belly pan. I will try to add photo's when other hood is on, Since it keeps giving me a error when trying to attach new ones now so I have posted links http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/custom300-photos/47 Ford Truck/Picture041.jpg http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/custom300-photos/47 Ford Truck/Picture043.jpg http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/custom300-photos/47 Ford Truck/Picture045.jpg http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/custom300-photos/47 Ford Truck/Picture047.jpg
Started on the nose of the truck this week and plan on trying to get it and the hood sides finished this week. I think it finally is taking shape and hope to have bed done by October.
Well, just so I can hang with the popular guys, I've got to say that chop is ****ed up. No one, especially on a Bonneville build, would do the windshield and side windows like that. I mean, what ARE you thinking??!! OK, enough sarcasm, I lied, I like it- a lot!
Cool truck will the windshield be flush mount? We are building a lsr car right know with a radical windshield like yours and find it hard to mount flat gl*** in a curved roof. Will start build thread soon.
Well, no, not really. They were cut that way to get as much chop and still be within the guidelines of the rulebook, which based the amount of roof chop on windshield height.
If you stick with the bonneville theme till the end it should be a kool truck. I actually like the nose treatment.
I am going to louver the hood top and sides and try to put a scoop on the bootom to pull air in. If that doesn't worl I might put a 3 inch hole in the middle for a snorkle.
Just wondering is this a race vehicle or just a race styled vehicle,re read post mabee i was confused.
I like it but then I'm a bit biased. Interested to see where you go with the bonnet and sides. The jury's out on the doors though....sorry man.
K***elyn29: It is a race styled truck for now. I plan on having it done next spring and driving it to Bonneville for speed week for the 65 year anv. I might talk to tech and have them look at the ch***is and see if I put the right role cage in it if it could qualify to run. From what I have read the fire equipment can be very costly.
cool-Ive only raced ecta and lta rules but we are building a car to meet 175 rules. If you raced LTA (Loring Timing ***oc.)You can run 150 with a four point bar and belts minumum other equipment.I do think you need door handles could be wrong.Get a cage in that rig and race it!
I understand what you're trying to do with the chop but you're missing key ideas behind chopping a car like this. The windshield was taller on the Pierson, So-Cal and Chrisman coupes because the the overall chop was truly radical and you still had to maintain a certain size windshield to be legal. Take a close look at those historic cars. Find some profile shots. There is no crown, brow, or whatever you want to call it above the windshield. The WS goes right to the top. The roof on this truck looks comparatively mild and actually pretty even front to back. It comes across as just super-angle chopping only the doors and then filling in the space above. Also, the nose/hood seems to be turning out good so far, but what is it going to look like when you add a scoop to the bottom, a snorkle to the top and punch the rest full of louvers?
Kevin, I plan on louvering the hood top not sure about the hood sides yet. The lower scoop will only be 1 1/2 to 2 inches down and have a mesh screen in it. I am planning on driving it to see how hot it will get. Hopefully I won't have to cut a snorkle or holes in the front or grill area.
He has been a while since my last up date. I have completed the hood sides, removed the trim line from the cow, added the scoop , built the bed and am in the process of narrowing a 9 inch to install. I hope to have it in and the bed on in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks I hope is is fast. I am thinking of trying to run at Wilmington for the ECTA meets. I think they have a street cl*** will check into it when I get closer to being done with the sheet metal work.
That small scoop under the nose will not be enough air to cool the engine with radiator in front. You might have to put radiator in the rear. Or add some holes in your front normal grille area. Round speed holes. It looks good from the front profile shot, but the side shot still has me messed up. If the front A-pillar of the doors was taller and less roof crown rolling down the side it would be more to my sense of style.
When it gets warmer I plan on taking it to my brothers shop to use his metal working tools to redue the front corners on edge of windshield. I made these a few years ago when we first chopped the cab, which was my first time using a air hammer to shape metal. I have since gotten more time with it when making the blisters for firewall will make another atempt to fix that area.
I have been hard at work still and have a few more update photos. I have since installed the bed, gas tank, battery, taillights, added lower door and cab corner pieces, rear diffuser panel, and tail lights. Went to Ohio mile last week and will have to modify floor to make room for Lakewood bellhousing which should complete the sheet metal work.
I will say it is bad ***, I would change the front top of the door if it was mine like others have said but everything else looks bad ***!!!!
Thanks TinShed I have re-shaped the front corners above the door by the windshield to have more curve to them. I also angled the top back removing the flat area above the windshield and made it a more rounded transition. Have to still take pics of that work.
The ecta did not really have a cl***, since the is not allowed for modified truck cl***. They said I would be place in the street cl*** for gas motors/unblown, since it will be a street legal truck.
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