just wanted to share some of my work that i had done for a guy. enjoy. was a 5 window. merc back window. first picture isnt his car but and idea of the changes.
Major Major Major props man!!! I love it and you're doing GREAT work!!! Keep the thread going, we can all learn from it!! Ian
Dude I have been building a 37 Plymouth coupe in my head for a few years now... You're knocking that one out of the park my friend! Any side profile shots? Awesome.
way outside of the box, i love it... i cant exactly tell from the pictures, but is it getting hard topped or are you keeping the door tops?
Wow! Thanks a lot for helping me with the Chop! As always you do great work! and Thanks for posting the pics I didn't have these shots yet
btw wizard47's customer is a hamber too! it's weird you say you helped pins&needles, i don't see any pinstriping anywhere! lmao!
wizard, thanks a bunch for posting the pics of your build. You're givin me great ideas for my '39. You're well on your way to an awesome ride.
wizard; after a second look at this thread "YOUR KUNG FOO IS THE BEST" walk us thru this chop. Did you lay the A pillars back? Was the overall lenght of the top shortened? Who's vision was this chop? What a HUGE 5/3 window transformation.
first started out with cutting the roof off as a whole, then re-attached the windshield area. slightly slanted back the bottoms of the winshield posts to line up with the lowered on top half. the back is moved foward about a foot i guess. the next step was the door jamb. these were made from scratch in a few pieces. so yes the b-pillar was layed down i guess you could say. once the jambs were welded in i had to fill in the pie shapped aread between the jamb and the roof with a piece roughly 20 x 6. now i was done from the windshield to the back of the door jambs. the next step was chopping and placing in the rear window of the merc. i fully welded it in by the decklid and laid it on the roof where i tacked it together at that point. from there i started to cut and m***age the roof/ rear window line and weld them together. relief cuts were made so that there was no sag where the roof met the rear window. once that was all in then i started to make the sail panels from scratch using the bean bag and the english wheel. many test fits were involved and a lot of eye sighting to make sure there were no flat spots in the panel from any direction. once these panels fit in the opening with no tension they were welded in slowly and finished off. that about how far i got with the job. me and the guy had a falling out and im no longer doing work for him so unfortunately nobody will see the finished product from me. hope you all enjoy, any questions let me know. thanks to everyone!
The Jalopy Journal
