50 Merc chop progress pics from Bodylines,inc.

We're chopping a 50 Merc for a customer at the shop. The car had a vinyl top on it sometime in the 70's- early 80's. It left lots of pits and nail holes in the roof. We're going to have to address that after the chop. Anyways, we took 4" out of the roof...

Here's the car...

 

leaning the b pillars




still have to reshape the quarter windows and do the door frames, and add some filler pieces

 

looking real good.

 

looks good. I dont envy you since completing the metal on mine.

Keep us updated. Nice flow by the way.

 

Looking good Thomas.
The customer have you doing anything beyond the chop?

 

He's going to be a long term project customer...we're going to do the whole thing eventually...

 

I never tire of watching chops. Keep the pix coming.

 

Wasn't a vinyl top an option on Mercurys for at least one year? Don't know that I've ever seen one but I've heard it's true.

 

It was...and I always thought they looked a little weird. Not sure on the years, I think I remember seeing a stock '51 with one. In fact, I think the Franklin Mint made a model of it.

Chop looks great by the way!!!!!!!

 

Monterey in '51 had a vinyl roof..I've got a very rough one,and it still has the metal strip across the top a few inches behind the windshield to attach the material

 

good lookin chop, nice work! i have a gallon of merc roof ill sell ya to fix the pin holes!! lol

 

We can always have Fatlucky recover it with another vinyl top!

 

nice job..we also have a 51 that came with a vinyl top and still have all the stainless.

 

great job killer look. was that 4" out of the front and the rear? keep the pics commin!!!

 

50 and 51 came with, it was Monterey only.

 

how do you tell the Monterey model on the mercs? just out of curiosity...

also we took 4" up front and around 5 out back. Still lots to do.

 

looks like the vinyl top and monterey script on the side

 

i love lookin at these pics rite up until you start leaning the b pillars!! that part of the job to me is the most aggravating to me!! you making it look easy thomas

 

That's cause its easy to point the camera and shoot...haha Tim, my partner is doing all the work.

 

Thanks for posting,looks good ! You guys still gonna round the rear corners of the quarter windows ?

 

That guy Tim is a bad ***. Nice work over there, TIM.

Thomas, you're alright, too.

 

That chop is beautifully composed, looks very good with the flow of the car in general.

 

What's this about Thomas - you are part of/working at a shop?
I thought you were a computer geek. Is this something you have going on the side, or a new carrer path?

The chop is looking nice by the way...the 1/4 window has the perfect taper.

 

yea, we haven't got to that part of the chop yet. The rear quarters need to be shaped, door tops need to go on, then the fun part... GARNISH MOULDINGS. We did lots more today. I'll post pics in a bit

Cleatus, a couple buddies from Sacramento moved out here and we opened up a shop together. I'm still doing the ATM stuff as a regular job for now...but cars is always my p***ion.

 

wow picture proof of Tim actually working
Brant

 

looking good

 

just got in from the shop...1:00am but here's some pics from earlier today

 

The chop looks just right....might have to bring you fellas some business in the future.

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