56 F100 Kustom Build "??????"

Ready set Go!
I have started the next project that will be done by the Lone Star Roundup 09.
Will keep everyone in the mix on the build, it is at B***'s Shop getting the lid lowered 5in.
Will get picks posted on the build when things start happening.
Things to look for:
5in chopped top
chrysler grill with buick lights
full boxed ch***is with IFS
custom hood scoops
other misc.....

I am up for any other ideas you guys and gals want to throw out there. After the roundup I am taking a week or so off and drive the truck around Texas for a site seeing trip.

Later
RC
@
North Central Speed Shop​

 

yeah,,dont chop a 56 ..5inches

 

HaHa I was thinking the same thing...can you get gl*** in a 56 with a 5 inch chop???

 

good luck with the windsheild.just take 2inchs out the buldge in the roof they suffer from.

 

As a F100 owner I look forward to seeing the build progress.

 

I got a few pics of the ch***is when we were doing the brake lines and a pic of the cab getting ready to go to B***'s Shop in Dallas.

 

Brewsir did 7 1/2 inches.. I think 5 inches will look fine.

 

You may want to consider rear fenders from a mid-'50's-'60's Chev/GMC stepside, as they have a subtly more integregal, linear shape.

 

Your talking apples and oranges here. Look at the difference in the windshield post on Brewsir's. Good luck cutting a gl***.

 

B*** can do it !

 

Yeah I know brewsir's is an earlier one, but the basic shape of the rest of the cab isn't any different.. It can be done, maybe not easily, but I bet between RC and B*** they can figure it out.

 

A built-to-the-balls chromed-out Y-block.

Maybe make that a Lincoln Y-block.

 

the hard part about a 56 is the wraparound windshield that has a built in visor over the top....most guys drop straight down and lose the visor...which looks a little goofy to me...This is one chop I would definately cut the gl*** first and build the steel to fit and look right. I also have no doubts B*** has it all aced out without my 2cents!

 

Pull the bottoms of the front fenders in. I always kinda liked that with angled quad headlights.

 

Got some pics from B***,
Look's Good man!!!!!!
later
RC

 

That looks good. I like it. A lot!

 

Looks like the frame is done? My favorite mod on an F100 [wish I had done it to my 53] is to move the front wheels and fender opening forward a few inches.

 

Well I am getting the frontend mocked up after I picked the truck up from B***'s shop.
I hope to have all the sheet metal work done and ready for tear down by the first of the year...​

 

Twist the body once and just watch that windshield crack run.

 

Their is a local guy here that has a 56 Effie chopped 6'' and he has no problems...I'll see if I can find a pic of it...it has been completed and on the road for more than 5 years for sure...No crack's in the bodywork no cracked windshields and had no problem putting gl*** in it

 

I have never liked the looks of a chopped '56.....it just looks out of proportion to me.....but that's just my taste. Have you considered sectioning it 3-5"?.......Never seen that done but it would blend the rest of it into a more balanced overall picture ....especially the tall doors.

 

From Dave Lindsay's site:

 

That's sectioned and chopped and has great proportions. Arlen Ness of Harley fame built one similar several years ago and there is a red one that is kinda run down that has been for sale on Craigs List in the Seattle area for ever.
Mike

 

To bad to see this in the "cl***ified". I've been waiting to see the windshield cut and installed.
Mike

 

The sectioning makes all the difference in the world. Here's one I am working one. Sectioned 3, chopped 3, channelled 5, pie cut the fenders and slanted the B-pillar. Putting in hideaways right now. Rough but on the way

 

That first pic looks like the top was chopped more in the back than the front?

 

Here one I was building till the owner ran outta money, 3" chop, 3 1/2" section, I loved the proportions. I did a 4 1/2" chop (owner wish) on another 56, hated the look myself.
Couldn't find the pics but I did a 54 with the canted Chrysler headlights, really like how they looked!

 

That has the right look!!!!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars...id=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65:7|39:1|240:1318
saw this on ebay wonder what happened

 

A neighbor has something similar. chopped, custom front end and I would recommend pinching the bottom of the fenders. he took a few inches out of the bottom of the fenders also (because it sat low)