it's not moving now. I've got to much welded up to cut it back apart now. I think once I get the back corners of the quarter windows it'll shorten them up enough.
have you considered pie-cutting and pancaking the hood a little? I think with the lowered roof proportions the hood looks a little bulbous. Just an idea. Other than that keep at it!
I might pancake the hood but I want to get the chop done and get the ride heigth where I want it before I make anymore major body mods on it. their won't be any progress on this until after Thanksgiving. Hopefully then I can start getting the pillars all lined out.
i think i'm with the general consensus of most everybody, moving the backgl*** forward & the extra inch out of the top at the rear is perfect!! matt
I've been busy trying to get my panel put part way back together so i haven't messed with this to much lately. I'm gonna start working on it a little bit here and there though. I found these tires on craigslist and got a pretty good deal on them. just gotta lower it down now and get a narrower rear end.
The car really looks good. This photo, though, brings to mind something I have always wondered about on these cars. Can someone Photoshop the above pictre with the front half of the roof extended so that the windshield is vertical instead of sloped back? The A pillars would be vertical (or very very slightly sloped to the rear instead of laid back as they are in the photo).
Quite inspiring! A roof chop is WAY out of my league just now, but any ideas are helping me create the look I want for my 50 Dodge!
So I haven't really touched this thing in along time. still really haven't. it's just kindof setting. I did however pull in the engine donor car and yank the motor and trans out of it. It a 64 Buick Wildcat with a 455 Nailhead. It should burn the **** out of the tires and sound damn good doing it. Probably won't make it's way into the car for a couple more months but we'll see. I may get a wild hair up my *** and work on it. The motor and trans will get all dressed up in chrome and painted with all new seals before she goes in the car too. here's a pic of the motor. Now I just have to get all the stainless stripped of the buick and get the rusted piece of **** to the s**** yard.
Well alot of things have changed since my last post on this. The Buick Nailhead is going to go in a 48 plymouth business coupe i picked up. hell it's already in the plymouth just gotta make a trans crossmember. Back to the 49. I traded it to a friend of mine for a very off topic truck. while he had it he finished up my one off front brake setup, finished the chop, did the garnish moldings, cut the front springs, and put a exhaust back under it. Well I sold the truck i had traded him for the car and called him about doing some work on another truck of mine and he offered to sell me this car back. much to the dislike of my wife i bought it back for a few hundred more then I sold his truck for. He needed the money and i missed my car. she's sitting in the garage now.
I will this time. I wish i had your bumpers. everytime i find a set they won't sell just the bumpers. want me to buy a whole car for them.
sorry for the late response. work has had me tied up lately. The pillars are already welded up and I like the slanted pillars. i'm going to get some new tires for the back of her and get some gl*** for it and register it. I know it's not done but that will keep me motivated to work on it. plus i really want to drive it.
took the old girl for a ride around the neighborhood and took some pics of her outside. my disk brake setup i built up front works pretty damn well and she is running great.
I am really liking this car...and the story of getting it back is pretty cool too! I love the flow of the chop.
Looks good Domepiece. I had p***ed up an oppertunity to buy one of these thinking the roof was just too large and flat. Stock it almost looks like a dance floor up there. Yours is looking right on the money! Keep at it.
at the start of this I was thinking big mistake. but you nailed it on the chop. Looks just right to me. It all works
I have to eat my words from earlier and agree - it came out really well. I like those wheels on it too.
I love the way this is turning out...at first I thought it needed the hood pie cut, but if you did that it'd disrupt the matching parallel lines between the hood and front fender...I do think the rear wheelwell arch can be dropped down about 2 inches, just enough to close the wheelwell a little without running skirts...it's come together nicely so far, and kudos on getting it back and being able to drive it...
First off, LOVE the chop, you nailed it. Secondly, do the 49 Dodge and 48 Plymouth share the same front suspension? I noticed you said you did a front disk swap on the 49 and I'm wanting to do one on my 48 Plymouth. Can you give more details on it?
i think 1940 to 53 dodge and plymouth have the same suspension and brake setup. I built mine and it works pretty damn well with the stock master cylinder. Think i'm going to add a porportioning valve to it but pretty happy with it otherwise. here's my link to my brake build. I'm off monday and plan on pullng a wheel back off and take some more pictures and add some more details to kinda finish up the thread. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=356710 and thanks for all the positive comments guys. I am planning on cutting and lowering the rear wheel arches. not sure how much. I'll probably drop them and tack them and look at it for a week before i really commit to it. really don't like skirts and don't think they'd look right on her.
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