Customs CHOPPED MY 52 OLDSMOBILE *UPDATED w/ pix*

If we had schools like that over here i would sign up in a heartbeat!
Thats why US is beautiful IMO, everybodys got his corner.

Lookin good, love to look at the kustom Olds in the old books. Gaylords anyone?

 

Looks good. I talked to Nick the other day and he told me you chopped it. Nice work!

 

Lookin' good.

 

Sweet

 

Nice! I'm gonna show this thread to a buddy of mine who owns a '50 Olds 4dr. He's thinking of chopping it,too!

 

I would keep it a 4 door. It looks good just how you have it.

 

Man you car is going to be done before Hollands. Tell him to get to work on his car. Scott

 

thats the idea! hahahaha. he was talking a lot about some new ideas for his chevy before i left his cl***, so hopefully there was a spark that lit the fire!

 

hey man! yea, lowered the lid a little bit. nick showed me some pictures of the ford you did, asnd THAT looked amazing man. you need to get your *** back to CA!

 

cool! if you guys get stuck on anything or need some advise, feel free to get ahold of me!

 

thanks alot man! i took 3 inches out of the windshiled posts, and the back is tbd. i have to go over my measure points after i get everything solid in the rear. i kinda threw myself a curve ball when i decided to go with the chevy backlite, so i dont know exactly how much we ended up with in the rear, but i do know its about 4 inches in the rear. give or take.

 

damn Techers..haha Looks good.

 

Got any pics pf the rear window. Working on chopping '53 4dr and trying to come up with back window that flows well. You say you used a '50 chevy sedan window?

 

I like the more door slOwLDSMOBILES! Can't remember seeing one chopped though! Must of taken some "KA-honies" to lop the roof of that badboy!

 

that car looks really good. you did a great job man. what's next for it?

 

yes, i have some rough pictures of the window mocked up after i cut the stock backlite out of it. im posting pictures today, so check back in.

 

thanks! the initial thought of "wtf am i doing to my car?" did come into my head once i hade that first cut with the saw. but after the pillar was cut it wasnt soooo bad!

 

well...right now, the general plan is FINISH THE CAR. hahaha. but id like to get the rear doors finished and flowing nice., get all the garnish mouldings cut and back into the car. obviously get a front windshield cut so i can install it (prayers for me there please hahaha) get all the belt trim finished up and put back on, finish up all the little odds and ends with bodywork and paint the car. i THINK im going to put it back to the light mint green body with a white top + pearls in that. thats the plan so far...

 

Very cool, please post more pics when you get the chance.

 

new pix added to the front of this thread! thanks for all the support and kind words! really makes me happy, and keeps me motivated!

 

looks good but when are you gonna start chopping it???

 

as soon as i get my churro cart damn it!

 

hey ROCKET...man your not going MAD, your just riding my crazy train! it's bee 2 or 3 hundred years sence i'f seen tail lights like that! HA!...POP.

 

hahaha! ya know the funniest thing about those tail lights is that i was going to get rid of them and run some bumperette style tail lights. but after i got the roof cut and back on, i liked the lights a whole lot more, so i think im going to keep em now.

 

Did your back door on the Olds have vent wing windows? If so were you planning on putting the vent windows back in? or were you just planning on running just a single window now?

 

it did have smoking windows yes, am i keeping them? no. i think it will go wiht the flow of the car better without them. im kinda at a roadblock with it right now as far as the rear belt trim. i want to keep it because i want some brightwork when all is said and done, but im not sure how it would look in the end. hopefully i'll have some updated pix real soon!

 

Any updates on the chop? I was concerned over the flow of my '53 Buick that I am chopping as to what rear window to use that would lend towards the car looking more like a factory chop, this included keeping the rear belt line. Seen too many chops where the rear window and sail panels are an afterthought. Too many rear beltlines cut out and don't match the the rest of the belt line. I can understand your roadblock. Hope you are able to keep your beltline as I think it will make the car flow that much nicer. I am using a 50 Merc back window.

 

cool

 

Hey the long roof on a 4 dr looks great chopped but if you know someone looking for a 52 88 2dr ht that is alreadt chopped email me koolrides@aol.com I will send pics and info.
Budd

 

WOW! it looks good so far. glad your having good luck with yours...I'm selling mine, kinda lost faith in it now that my grandpa has cancer....