Chopping a 51' Shoebox Coupe?

HAMBers,
Whats the best way to chop this car without it lookin like shite?
Thanx
F.O.R.D

 

Doing it the right way

 

Check out mad fabricators 3...I am pretty sure that is the year that Bob Bleed did and it turned out bitchin'...if not at least you can take your cue from the method he used...good luck...photo document your chop and post pix

 

Hey,

Check out the HAMB Chop 2.6 from November or abouts ,for
a farely current account of how it can be done. Plenty of pictures
and info.
Haunt the HAMB/net for photos of chopped Shoes to get some
idea what looks good, and not.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

here ya go my friend!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158373

 

what he said.... i'm doing a 4 door this style and its simple yet effective.....how does he do it so cheap... it must be the high volume selling

 

step away from the sawzall,it's real easy to make a coupe look bad.Hell it's easy to make the sedan look bad .Take it to a pro or have some one that has done it before help you.I've seen books and video both and there is a lot of gray area in them.I also see at least a car a month in person chopped at the shop,it's not for the faint of heart...........

 

i have one at my shop right now that i cut awile ago the owner only wanted the roof lowered a lil bit so i cut 2.5 out of the front and about 3 in the rear and leaned the back window alil. had the chop almost all done then decided he wanted it a hardtop! it looks better as the hardtop i think. the rear 1/4 dont look real small. ill post some pics for you tomorrow if ya like.

 

i think someone on the hamb just sold/bought a bill hines chopped coupe. it was satin maroon with sombreros i think. best chopped coupe i've seen. i'll try to find pics. like singledownloop said, its easy to mess up a coupe with a chop.

 

heres a link to rik hovings site about the hines coupe.

http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_car_photos/beautiful_custom_cars/bill_hines/bill_hines_chopped/

 

Right on guys thanx anyone know if there is any pics of the car after being choppped on HAMB chop 06?

 

This is probably one of my favorite Coupe chops

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=421293&postcount=48

More can be seen here:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=423030&postcount=51

From this thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31832&page=1&pp=20&highlight=bagged+shoebox

Hope this helps.

 

Hamb chop was a sedan no? Id love to see more coupes, I recently aquired one myself. Check out 00 Mack look in his posts that he started, I think its called "my favorite shoebox" its his chopped coupe. Sweet.

 

Hard top it. IMO, coupes look better this way when chopped.

 

Geemann51 has a nice coupe. do a search]

 

Hey,

Ya may wanna pm chopped50ford, it was his car, his chop. I
don't know if it's in paint yet, or not.
Yes, it was a 2dr. sedan, but excepting the shape of the quarter
windows and the area of the cat walk below the rear light, not
a major different look in a medium to heavy chop.

Swankey Devils C.C.

 

here is a chopped sedan some of us Road Burners got together and chopped. Here it is with the top tacked on.

 

heres those pics for ya F.O.R.D.

 

A few tips on the way I do a shoebox. Cut the rear window completely out about 3" away from top and sides and right at the deck line on the bottom. Flip the window over (upside down) and bring it up to meet the roof and fill the gap to the deck. Makes a nice flow and fits better, takes less work on the roof skin. Slopping the B piller helps the small 1/4 window look more porportional, especially on the coupe if you don't hardtop it.

 

I`m actually going to go look at a `51 Vicky with a 4" chop this weekend.....we shall see how "good" it is......