Nice choice of a car! NICE chop! You executed that job very well! Congratulations! ...small town;...not much to do at night;...... I guess I'll build a hotrod!!!!!!
its not that bad ya just gotta use your head when ya make the cuts . primer hell i just wanna see it outside
Wow, I wish the outside of my tinwork looked as good as the inside of yours (it's why I'm still practicing on scrap).
heres some more for ya nexx!! finished up the inner brace on the drivers side pretty much so it looks stock which im happy the way it turned out alot i dont know why im upsessed with gettin these to look good but what ever !! this weekedn goin to get the roof pieces and drip rail i need so i can finish this side of the car up !!! this is the original piece cut down some all the old spot weld holes were welded up . the chop changed where they all went so i drill new ones and spot welded to the inner brace fillin in some holes everything is back to the stock look. i wanted to do it nice so who ever gets it next says wow someone took some time on this one .
thanks preach... well i scored a 50 caddy front bumper and a 53 caddy rear bumper thanks to cadillac dave for the rear. so gonna have to cut back into the rear quarters again woooo. and the 50 caddy on the front should give it that heavy look i want and comes out to a weird point that i think will fit with the desoto grill nicely
dude, I am not a big fan of the word "envy", but it fits here, not only do I wish I had the skills but also the balls to tackle it! awsum work, and on a Pontidog to boot. 1 (stupid) question, what are you using to get that final brushed steel look? PLEASE..................don't stop the diary!
SUM BITCH! that some serious undertaking there and you did it with fantastic workmanship. You should be grinning so hard your face should hurt.
A while back you mentioned that you chopped the car according to the front windshield... Was the windshield new? and what windshield did you use? I'm getting ready to chop my 50 Chevy and I have loved reading this post... Thanks.
hey preach windshield was new a one piece olds deal. had to get it cut. dont remember what year it was from . tri valley glass in cali cut it for me the guys a hamber so i figured i would give him the work i dont kno if anyone has them prechopped. but i got my glass first and fit the opening to the glass. still needs a little bit of the edges ground down but other then that its perfect and sorry nads and blkcat that i make you ashamed thanks turbo 49dodge i do all my work in 100 grit 3m roloc disks .treats the metal alot nicer then say 24 or 36 grit rolocs . i knock my welds down with the 4 1/2 inch grinder a lil first though.
well got some more work started thanks to mr chevrolet on here he hooked me up with the piece of roof and inner bracing off one of his parts car!!! heres the piece i got just mainly need it for the inner brace from when i moved the quarter window back wards took off the drip rail and cut the old roof off it was to pitted and i didnt want to use it so im down to the frame work i need. here it is inplace. also welded it the whole way around figured i should since its holding the roof in place.
some primer and rustoleum because it was a lil rusty in there got the bottom all welded up everything is lined up .everything fits nicely and looks like it was before it was cut. i cut the roof piece so i could put the new sheetmetal over it welded the bottom to the original piece . all worked out well more dtailed photos tomorrow
nope, no rocks just started back to work again, pretty busy these months. Also dragged my '48 ford tudor in to finally get cutting on...maybe i'll do a post on that.... don't worry, i've been keepin' my eye on you. Hey, tell Brian i'm an asshole and i completely forgot to get back to him about your guys' show. don't think we can do it unfortunately, i was in Boston when he called. my bad! everything's looking sweet, flop. she'll be on the road in no time -ace
worrrrk!!!!!????? thats no good yah ill tell him thats what i figured because ya said that before. we got 3 bands lined up for the picnic on the 25th. ya still comin down right? whats up with that merc you were messin with earlier?
well got the whole drivers side roof done welded up etc etc etc came out really well in my opinion heres the inner brace from the inside from last update rooof after it was welded up without the drip rail on.. test fit of the ol drip rail.after that i sand blasted it and coated the underside in some weld thru primer so i could get some spot welds under there.
This is such an awesome thread. Flop your work is stellar and the car looks great. Dude, that last pic looks like your thumb is broken, bent backwards like that!
my thumb does look gross i swear its not broke!! heres the rest of the pics got the drip rail tacked in never though in my life i would have 3 hours into getting a drip rail to fit right . between the hammer and dolly filling and adding some with weld where it needed it it sure was quite the pain in the ass but the time spent payed off heres the last one with the roof done and drip rail in. next im gonna weld up the pillar and put in the door top and wing window
yo flop nuts! looking fuckin cool bro i'm going to try my ass off to get out there man, i love 'da burgh (naturally) and your guys' shows awesome. still wrenching on that merc. i'll be posting photos soon. just built the caddy engine, going to get the frame blasted then we'll start the other body mods. first get a drive shaft cut and drive it
you better get down here ace!! is kevin still havin his gig this summer? caddy bumpers equal a bunch more work!! quarters are gonna need extended about 6 inches for it to work but i guess a year of metal work will pay off in the end haha!! more pics tonight. got the b pillar in yesterday and i should have the door top in tonight
Only found this thread last night. Your fault I was so tired at work today. It was like a good book...couldn't put it down. Great thread. It's making me think again about chopping my 52 Chev though. Don't think I can do it. I've read a few threads about chops now where guys say pancaking a trunk is much harder than the chop. I'd like to see if someone has a better way of doing that. Pete
yah thats zed your not the one doin it!!!!! on the trunk striper i seen guys split them up into about 4 pieces and do them that way adding one big metal strip instead of a bunch of pie cuts either ways its a lot of tack welding on a piece of metal that likes to warp very easily. and atleast some else lost some sleep over this car and its not me for once!!!
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