This picture is awesome. These Plymouths are some of the nicest ones of the 50s for my taste, and im pretty sure you'll make a nice custom outta it. I agree the top needs to come down at least another inch, and i vote for slanted B pillars. Lookin fwd to it.
The slant looks good. Two things that I'd suggest is radius the corners on the window frame at the rear of the door and the rear window needs a little work where the roof should flow to the trunk deck and the pillar should wrap around to meet that line with a radius in the corner to match all the other windows. Just my opinion.
mrjynx ... thanks for the photoshop help once again ... in that last pic i posted the door is open gining the illusion of the window fame being off... but i think i figured out what to do from here... i will trim the rear window frame out and slope it forward lining it up with the trailing edge of the rear lip at that point making more relief cuts and some filler panels to get that nice slope from the roof to the trunk... as far as the b pillars... i will def slant them... after seeing some of the pics you guys posted im feeling a bit better about how to get this all dailed in... after some well needed rest and looking at it with fresh eyes before work this morning i cant wait to get going on it again... more to come thanks again keep it comin please
So I remeasured with a t-square on the front window sills and made some adjustments last night and got the front window opening about even being about an 1/8 inch higher in the front that at the b pillar. Is that ok or does it need to be parallel??? Also I did some digging and found a picture of Ed sloan's car built by the barris' and correct me if I'm wrong but it appears to be slightly higher in the front as well ??? Any input
Id agree with your observation, I think the curves assisted by the model of car he was starting off with. the hardtop is one curve, the model you have the top of the door is straight, and starts to curve down at the back of the door post. notice also the top of the front of the door seems inline with the top of the rear windsheild.
Mrjynx once again thanks for lending me your eyes ... It's hard to see all the little details after such small tweaks so I'm glad you keep helping me through this ... I will post some more pics tonight
Orula thank you... I have been lost in The garage the past few days neglecting about every other aspect of my life ... I caught the bug hard on this one and won't be happy till its right
So last night I started getting the rear window frame re fit and I took the existing frame move it down and back to match the slant on the new roofline and I think it looks pretty good I stuck some tape on there to kinda see the flow and to trace the filler patch areas still have to slant the b pillars but I taped the window frame pack in to check the flow I the window openings and I think when I slant the pillars it will have a nice shape complimenting the new roofline pics are kinda tight cause the garage is small
You may have to use a dash mounted mirror to see out the rear window but it looks great. I could use some of your energy around my place. So many things to do and so little time. Keep up the good work.
I have been working on the light blue and bare metal 54 up above, for a good friend. We (actually, mostly Kenny, the owner) have been working on putting 52 Lincoln tallights and rear bumper on it recently. More metal work is done than this older pic, but it's coming along very nicely. I taught Kenny how to "lead" and we are also practicing hammer welding and metal finishing, so the work is going slowly, as he practices his skills on the car.
Silverdome ... thank you again ive never chopped a sedan before only a truck and this is by far a way more difficult and tedious task ... But it is slowly taking shape Chopolds... That car is sweet the chop looks really really good and those tail lights look great I would love to see more progression pics of that chop to help finish mine ???
I guess this is kind of late, but a majority of early Barris tops sloped to the rear. This contributed to their streamlined appearance.
'MO ... I though it looked sloped to the back... Progress has been a little slow had to take a break after I got some laser tattoo removal which by the way hurts like hell but got some done today made the sail panel and got it mostly tacked in place ... A little more in this side then on the the other
You lost me a little on what youre doing height wise. In the clone thread theres this picture. and some measurements were given for the front and back chop amounts, did he extend the drip rail or is it that low? I think in the shop I posted initially I chopped it more, the back window was essentially going to be a triangle with the edges curved.
Mrjynx ... Yeah the hardtop drip rail line is a little different than the One on the two door post models on mine the drip rail sits higher above the window line because of the door frame ... I basically did the same chop as the Barris one from the clone thread but a little milder and I plan on extending the drip rail almost to the body line like that one you just posted
Looks good man! Nice to know another custom Plymouth will be on the road. Keep in mind the hardtop model had a different roof then the 2 dr post model. Even the rear window is different on them. The Barris car was chopped 3" up front and 4" out back. You can get away with using your stock rear glass though. We are chopping the roof on the Barris clone in a week or two. Should be interesting how it comes together. Hopefully we get it right the first time. I think you have a lot of info here from everyone. Your Plymouth is going to look good.
So the rear is finally all patched together and about 60% welded and I'm definatly gonna need a dash mounted rear view mirror but it's coming along next up slant the b pillars ... Any advise on doing that?
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