4dr to 2dr 52 pontiac,my project

thought id post some pics of my project....it is a 52 pontiac 4 door that im converting to a 2 door hard top......i plan on updating this thread from time to time .
when i got it .....
had about a 3 inch chop was royaly messed up...so i took the top back off...and started to rebuild.....

rebuilding the rear



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body line is now extended.....

 

really nice work so far,,that will look great when its done,,
the taillights look cool too,,,did you lengthen them or just french them?

 

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lengthend them....

 

Sweet stuff! Thats the best thing for a 4 dr.

 

please excuse the multi primer and rust...it was out side for quite a while when i was working on it ......

 

What a cool project ! Keep the pics comin`

 

Boy, you must like PIE.


Way to go! That's exactly what people who think 4 doors are garbage should see.

 

lookin good man!

 

thanks for the kind words ....ill keep this thread updated...im actually a bit farther than these photos show..ill be updating soon hopfully.......

 

im balls deep into a 50 poncho also turning it into a hardtop . keep me up dtaed so i can see how you work out your stainless on the windows. my windshield should be here in a few weeks then i start the chop.

 

Nice work.
People really don't know what it takes to do the custom work.
Time more time and more time.

 

Very nice! Just turning a 4 door into a 2 door is cool, but the flow really puts the project over the top. I dig it!

 

Nice work. Did you lenghten the front doors? or did you use a tudor front doors? jeez, hopefully my question makes sense.....

 

Looks like donor doors from a two door car.

 

yep the lady is right..... i found some doors off a real 51 hard top in a junkyard for 150 bucks.....i thought is was a sweet deal..

 

The car is coming along great. Kinda a dumb question, but what do the rest of the panal clamps your using look like . I like the way they fit and hold the panal together. They look like something that could be made pretty easy? Or if there cheap enough, where can they be bought? Thanks

 

Nice~!

 

i am impressed. wow,what a lot of work. nice lines.looking good.

 

Looks really good

 

sooooooo much better as a 2 dr, now it is starting to take on a whole new personality, doesn't look like Gramps car anymore....Very nice work....be sure to keep this project updated on here....

 

Jackie,

Whats up man, glad to see yoru back at it with the poncho!

Good to see you over here too. that other board went to shit!

 

heres an update.....
got the bracing all in ....kind of mimiced the original hardtop design.the piece in the center is just temporary...because i m not sure how much of the hump ill have to cut out when i cut out my floor for the 4 link........i figure when i rebuild the floor this will be a perfect riser to move the new floor up.........


now when i say finished...i mean the structural part of it ...i plan on caping the gaping holes and kind of rounding them off as well as the bottome where it meets the floor....and also when i figure out how much of the hump has to come out ill rebuild center part so it fits nicely and looks all as one piece...
the structure is completly welded up and is "stitch welded" to the floors.
i will be making my own arm rest structures out of aluminum or sheet metal around this area to cover all the bracing (like in a stock hard top) these will be covered in the end.....

 

then came time to extract the skin from the old inner door to be mesured and cut...(thie fun part!!!)
here it is as it sits.....stay tuned next week ...same bat time, same bat channel...

 

I'm gunna have to come see this thing in the flesh REAL soon. Bring a notebook and pencil.

 

sweet! the lines are dead on. very impressive.

 

haha brandy your just down the hill from me........

 

Looks unreal man, nice work. I've got a 54 that needs some surgery like that!

Keep us updated

 

Wow! That is a huge undertaking. The roof looks awesome and I can't wait to see the doors turn out the same way. Excellent work!
Will it still resemble a Pontiac when you're done or smoothed off all the way?
Keep up the good work and please keep us posted
Bil

 

its still gonna retain some of the pontiac look.....the belt line trim will remaing pontiac with fleetline end pieces.....and im going to run 49-50 pontiac sombreros on it ....and the dash and all that will still be pontiac.....the steering wheel will actually be out of a 51 canadian pontiac...(basically a chevy wheel with a cool indian emblem....