Amateur fleetline chop began today! A few pics added at the bottom

Procrastination has finally come to an end. I'm going to start the chop on my 50 chevy fleetline on Sunday. I got a couple of guys from my car club (Rod Barons) coming over along with some other friends. I feel like i've looked a three million threads on chopping tops. I finally found my inspiration thread. The chop by Stickylifter was by far the best in my opinion and I'm going to try to chop mine that way. Wish me luck!! I'm going to post as many pics as possible.

 

go get em!!!take some pics,keep us posted

 

Good Luck!!! Hopefully all the people there to help will have the knowledge and tricks to a good chop job. Experience here is priceless... so many curves and angles... I can't wait to see it! I'm subscribing to your thread.

Later,

Mike

 

don't give it a got damn "gentlemans chop"!,if you gonna chop it!....slice the mother!and post pics please.thank you

 

I'm prob going 4". I pulled the motor and trans yesterday. Goal is to have this drive to World of Wheels 2011 in atlanta. Thanks guys!!

 

Lok for the HAMB chop that was done here in Detroit on Poor Boy member Stretch's Fleetline.

 

Fire up the "hot wrench" and whack that sucker. Looking foreward to the photos. Good luck.

 

after you are done, you will think that was anti climatic..........just pay attention

 

if you don't mind me asking...what tail lights did you use for your fleetline?

 

O/T 99 Mercury Sable Tail lights turned upright. The rear fenders were reshaped to match the curve of the tail lights

 

Looks good!! I haven't decided on what tail lights to use yet

 

wow that is a very tough chop, good luck..keep us posted!

 

Thanks guys. I'm gathering the rest of the odds and ends today. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow.

 

Give Cooter the torch, stand back, and let him at it!!!! Keep us posted. Hope all goes well. A little off the top is one of, if not thee, most drastic changes you can do to a custom.

 

PICScheck out my album for some pics of the chop today....many more to follow...just didn't have time to load them all.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=16019

 

what do you guys think so far?

 

I like it..........Please tell me you used some eye protection..... so you can watch your kids grow up!!!!

 

Need some more pics of the backend after you cut and sat it back on. You made it look too easy....

 

did you cut it with the glass in the back?

 

I looked at the HAMB chop thread you posted earlier. It turned out really cool and you cut looks like the same cuts. Working that valley between the rear fender and the sail panel down along the trunk opening is going to be a bitch. We did our chop differently on our fleetline and we spent a huge amount of time trying to get that valley right or at least looking right.
what are your plans for the shape of that valley?

 

I didn't see any braces?!

Brace the body up or bad things can happen.
(speaking from experiance)

Good luck

 

The back glass wasn't cut. Basically the the entire roof along with the trunk was lowered. I did took out 3.5 inches from the b-post.

I am going to get back on it tomorrow and will post some more pics for you guys. It kept giving me errors when I tried to post them.

 

hrm2k...You are exactly right. The back is where most of the work is. Finishing the a-post and b-post went suprisingly easy. I plan to basically continue the curve of the rear fender to the truck. I will probably spend a few days staring at this part before I start.

 

here are some rear quarter progress pics

 

Here are all the pics so far from the start to where it is now.

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn268/rsorrowjr/1950 fleetline chop/

 

Hey, That's coming along prury good.

 

Thanks!

 

more pics

 

a few more....just got to go make and grind down the welds...slowy but surely it's coming along

 

the trunk came out real nice,
here is how mine was done.pie cut the trunk and now i have to finish it.i think you did it right.