Bonneville styled 1932 tudor build

Nice!!!!

 

Oh ya, it looks better chopped. Cool.

 

You made the front gl*** opening look easy so far. Chop looks cool!

 

Looking good!

 

I'm loving it. My pants actually got a little tighter.

 

I plan on having to do a lot to make the doors work. The drivers door fit the opening ok, but the p***enger door didnt. Ill see if I need to move the hinges around to make it all fit, but thats for another day

 

I'm so busy drooling I can't decide which I like best! Too many choices, I'm just glad your doing something cool with that sedan...

 

You'll need to angle the top hinge so that it's inline with the bottom hinge since you leaned the posts back.

The car look great, it was an excellent decision to chop it!

 

I see what you are saying now. Ya ill have to make sure that all lines up.

 

Can someone explain the blue dye(?) being used. Is this to find low and high spots?

Where do you get it?

 

I've always run a piece of rod through both hinge "eyes" ,if you will, to ensure they are lined up.

 

Yup you got it makes finding high/low spots easy


You can find at Production tool supply or any other place like that

 

It is layout die for machinists. It is also nice for marking cuts spray it on and scribe your cut lines and the show up very clearly.

 

dye chem is great stuff, the aerosol cans work nice, but fair warning, it's lethal stuff, get some ventilation.
your project is turning out *****in!

 

Way to go Chris, I would love to stop by your shop the next time I'm back in Orem. Keep up the good work!

 

Got the front posts finished except the very inside area. Also got the cowl welded back up.

 

Cool.

 

Great Job. Very nasty! I studied the *****s chop on Poteets 5 window and yours is about the same. I hope you show in detail how you address the hinge alignment issue so the doors work right.

 

wow. i will continue to watch this build.

 

Funny you mention the bones. I talked to keith this morning about what they do to address lining up the hinges. I will deifinatly do some detailed shots of that process.

I'm excited too cause I think I got them to commit to coming to my Bonneville speed week open house this year.

 

I plan on doing your open house if we can work it in! Details to follow?

 

lookin' good...

 

Ill make up a new thread on the open house.

Speed week is a week later than last year. The 14th to the 20th of august. I think I will set it up the same as last year. I will have the shop open for people to come anytime starting wenseday the 11th, and ending the 20th. But this year where the Rolling Bones will be coming I will let people know which day that will be. It looks like either Wednesday the 11th or Thursday the 12th. Then I will be out on the salt Saturday with the sedan on the salt.

 

Excellent work Chris! Did you have to make a paper pattern to accurately splice in the p***enger side roof piece that you got from Randy in Texas?

Have you finished welding up the rear panel cut lines? Or, do you still have some metal t******* and aligning to do back there?

 

I did use a pattern to make sure that the shape and size of the window was accurate.

I still need to finish weld up the seams on the rear posts and around the back of the car. I only had to make a little slice to get the curves to all line up. Otherwise it all flowed really well.

 

Nice looking chop. I know you have tons of hours in this severe chop and was wondering how much easier ($$$) a 2 1/2 inch chop would be or would it be the same? Would the top just have to set back on or would it require all the work you show in your process?

 

On a 2 1/2" chop you can message the posts to line up without having to cut across the cowl. Which would be less money for sure.

 

watching this brings back some memories Helping Keith and Ken Chop Mannos car.

 

Great looking chop...... makes me want to go out to the garage and cut the top off of something.....

 

On anything under 3.5-4 inchs most guys just stretch the top. I keep an old top section just for the purpose of adding a piece over the door.