Hot Rods Model A Coupe showing different chops

4 1/2"

 

Absolutely perfect chop

 

Perfect chop

 

A Hilton chop

 

absolutely not , overchopped

 

Everyone has has there own opinions.

 

my 30 was chopped sometime in the 50s? long before i got it can someone give me a measurement of the door window hole top to bottom so i can get an idea how much they cut

 

Post your measurement up and we can figure it out. I can run out to the shop and check mine against yours.

 

4 inches on my '30, current project

 

the door window opening is 8.5 at the center the rear window opening is 4.75 at the center

 

@big john d

9-1/2ish at the center of the door window for my 4" chop.

I only took 3" out of my back window, which is 7-1/4ish.

So, you're at a 5" chop.

 

i have had this body for 50 years istarted the frame many years ago then it got put on hold to go drag gacing now finally getting back to it

 

2” on the A & 32.

 

bump...
So we all can see.

 

Thank You Rickybop, Interesting to see this thread come back.
Since I am a big A coupe addict.
My history ( in the early 50's ) includes survivor A's of all types of bodies.
My Father had a pal who collected them. We would go tooling around on weekends.
As result I am happy with stock height.
Since spending more time here I've come to accept shortening as much as three inches.
More than that I just can't dig.

 

Well, if you can't even fit your head through the window...

 

might as well be like other community displays with the red/green highlights for the fast approaching holidays...

Hello,

On the HAMB is a cool Model A Coupe as shown by @mad mikey It was a similar inspiration for my (my brother and me) interest in Model A coupes and then some. Ever since the summer of 1957 when we bought a black Model A coupe, I thought that was going to be my brother’s daily driver and I would get the 51 Oldsmobile sedan as my first car in a couple of years. We towed it home and I was able to steer it all the way home, about a mile and a half. Then rolling it into the back yard area, we cleaned it up and began the basic clean up and start the motor procedures.

With new plugs and gas/oil it ran fine and we took it for a drive around the block. Then my brother said I could drive it around the block and come back. So, at age 13.5, I took off. Wowee! A moving car… at least it was moving despite the 4 cylinder for power. It was a future I imagined many times over. My own Oldsmobile sedan while my brother had his SBC powered Model A coupe to compete with his best friend in his 34 Ford with Oldsmobile power.

So, ever since, I have wanted a hot rod Model A coupe or some variations of it. On to the photos of finished hot rods many years later and then some. Now, the image of the 1957 Model A always sticks in my mind and I have put them on my drawings in various forms. Some chopped and others getting ready for different looks as my mind wanders. These days, it does wander a lot...Ha!

Jnaki

So far, this is my favorite and I believe this is the color my brother and I chose for the finished paint. A deep Irish Green
An “ocean green” color choice from a 56 Chevy truck we had seen at the local Mobil Gas Station near our house. If we had been able to start and finish this modified Model A coupe, it would have a 283 SBC motor with a Paxton Supercharger for the Gas Coupe Class. It would also be a daily driver for my brother to high school. The Paxton Centrifugal Supercharger was only seen on factory Studebakers and Thunderbirds. None were on the T-birds that came through the local drive in restaurant parking lots according to my brother. No teenager was caught dead driving a two door Studebaker of any kind… at the time.

As far as Model A coupes and variants, there were a few on the street and about the same amount at the local dragstrip. Not a whole lot as a base hot rod coupe. But, they always were a great choice to express drawing different versions of, “what if…”

Starting with a stock height Model A woody, cutting off the back and making it into a pick up truck was a simple process on the drawing board. But in real life, probably a nightmare. But a chopped version gave it some cool attitude. Then the chops began, as long as they did not feel overboard and would be something I would drive as a daily driver to anywhere in comfort.

The most difficult one I drew was a version of the famous “Bread Truck” from the Vic Hubbard stables. But, afterwards, since I have been in many different hot rods, from a 34 coupe, 32 roadster to the series of 55 -57 Chevy sedans and 1950 Oldsmobile coupe, I actually preferred driving around in the non-chopped sedan. Like the tow car below… YRMV

 

Glad to see this thread still alive and kicking!