1940 Mercury Freshly Chopped

I am good at math. I like chopping cars. I know my limits though and I know the mother of all customs is over my head. I found this car a while back and turned it on to Rudy because I have way too much going on and would only mess it up anyway.

1940 Merc chops go wrong in the back. The stock "dome" in the front is beautiful but is way too bulbus in the back. I have always felt that when the "dome" in the front slowly blends into a pancaked, flattened, flowing rear section, the chop looks best. It's a tremendous amount of work because the rear half of the car needs to be totally hand made. Most guys skip this because it's both hard and time consuming. A few weeks ago I requested shots of "stardust" because it comes close to what I consider the perfect chop although I dont like the 47 back window.

Rudy did this in two days. It will be welded up and seamless tomorrow. The front window will go up an inch or so. This will be a special car.

 

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Dude that looks good! wish I could get someone to help me chop my 50 merc as good as that! but it seems that I live in a hotrod black hole of some sort?

 

RUDY!

 

this is before he finishes it. According to Rudy, the entire back half of the roof needs to be thrown away and remade to look right. that's why I didnt do it. I hope the shots look ok, the metal work is as smooth as a baby's *** and wont need filler.


after looking at these pictures I noticed the car looks like it has rust but it really is a nice dry solid car.

 

Damn that looks good

 

Nice work Rudy. Gooch you made a wise choice. I would like to see a side on shot. Geoff aka Whodaky

 

what were the pieces cut out of? Another roof?

 

Wish i still had my 39 Mercury coupe.

 

That's a really fine piece of work, and your description of what is needed to accomplish it is most interesting.

Glad to hear the windshield will be raised; when they're chopped as much as the side windows they look dumb.

 

Dam, I wish I had time to stop over to make the drop, I would like to see your stuff, but I would never get out of there in time to stay on schedule. Maybe next trip.
I could just move to Cali. if you didn't have so many rules.

 

That's great metalwork. Top draw.

 

Nice chop....Great lines in it, lots of thought and talent went into this one!

 

VERY NICE LINES!!!

 

Great chop...need pic's of the whole car.

 

Rudy does super nice work and this top is a tough one nice job!!! drew

 

Thats sweet. Just don't know if I can go from my little Coupe to a Merc but this one sure is sweet. Nice metal work

 

Gooch,
Ya got some good lookin tin there. Seems like I see a fair amount of cool stuff with your name attached to it. I'm bettin there is a post somewhere with your stable pictured isn't there? I'd like to see what else ya have.
scoob

 

absolutely stunning!,,,,,it doesn't get any better than this for kustom guys............what are your plans for the rest of the car?

 

WOW!!!!!!!! IVE CHOPPED A FEW TOPS AND THAT IS DEAD NUTS PERFECT. cant wait to see more

 

HOLY ****!! that looks amazing!! good job bud

 

dude us a RULER.

- please keep us up to date with progress pix.

 

that car is beautiful!

just the type of customs i like

 

nice metal work looks perfect

 

GAWD I LOVE 40 MERCS!!! The chop looks mighty fine...mighty fine. Do you have any pics from a distance?

Reverend Jake

 

those are all the shots I have of it, just couldnt get that far away from it.

 

MOST EXCELLENT WORK !! Looks Perfect