Anyone chop '49 Pontiac coupe?

I am looking to chop my 49 Silver Streak Coupe and wanted to see if anyone has any pointers on the road I should travel on this one.

 

My budy Jake chopped his 50 pontiac.
here is a pic and there are more on our website.

you can also contact him through our site, he
may have advice for you. I recall he made new sail
panels, so you may need an english wheel or access
to one. But you don't have to make new panels.

Not much different than a Chevy, so you may talk to
some chevy guys as a lot of them have been chopped.
good luck

 

can we bring this back to life ? I have a 49 Pontiac Silver Streak Sedanette ( Fast back ) and I want to chop it as well . So calling all GM cars of that era in that body style ! Lets see your chop !

 

Check out FLOP's Hamb thread.

 

pretty much the same as a chevy. iv got heaps of pictures of chopped chevys cause I'm planning to chop my 51 but not on this commuter il try and upload some tomorrow

 

Thanks I'll keep checking . I have found a few things on here and I think I have found the direction I'm heading but you never know till the cutin starts !

 

Flops posts are great but it's not the "Torpedo back" style of my car . I have to tilt and squish my trunk lid and all that . Might even section it ? It's a good clean car and I got it fairly cheap ................. hope I don't mess it up though.

 

Here's a few pics of Chevys in my collection, some fast backs some not

 

From the cowl back the body is identical to a Chevy except for trim, taillights, and possibly the rear wheel arch shape. And of course the dash. My '50 Fleetline has most of the glass from a '50 Pontiac Streamliner, that I put in it.

When you look for pictures watch that you get actual coupes and not the notch-back 2-door sedan, though.

 

I can see how this whole lowrider / leadsled thing is so addicting ! There is some real nice metal work on these pages and some serious attitude to a lot of these rides . Nice stuff guys ! I like the 56 / 57 style rear wheel openings a few posts up .
I'll have to get some good pics of mine as it happens ! It's covered in snow right now though :-(
Here's a 51 I had about 5yrs ago but never touched it , it was low miles all original and 1 owner . Drove it and then sold to put money down on the house .

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603350&highlight=bass+chevy

 

Is it a fastback? If so that will take some more work, but it will be worth it. I love chopped fastbacks and respect well done ones.

 

I've made some progress on mine since I first saw this thread , 55 Chevy dash , 55 Olds tail sections , chopped 4 1/2".
My first chop .