any 50 mercury chop top pictures?

thanks ryan. poor boy is just too stupid for his own good.



matt, have any pics of this process? sounds painfully slow and labor intensive. i like it. this is an area that i still have to cover on my car.

 

so can this thread now get back on track?

 

Hak? Isn't that another way to say GAG?

Thanks Ryan...you're the MAN!!!

I'm saving my money so Matt can make me some of those "fancy" window trim.

 

shaping it isn t too bad... i usually rip it down with my disc sander and then do some final shaping with the file. then comes the fun part of bending. i usually make a template of the window opening out of wood and bend the br*** around the template with heat. it gets alittle easier each time but it still takes some time. here is a couple of pics, sorry for the fuzzyness, my batteries were dying. if i work on it tomorrow ill try and take some pics.

 

damn, is it dead??? i was hoping this thread wouldnt die due to hak's imaturiallityism, is that even a word?????

 

Hey "slddnmatt" How about doing a TECH article on the process of making those mouldings? I would love to know more about it.

 

I agree with mazdaslam....I would like to see that too..

Doug

 

i'll third that motion. motion carried.....................matt?

 

i still have to do the p***enger side on the shoe box real soon, i will take a bunch of pics and attempt to do a tech for you all. i might try and do some out of aluminum too in the future just to experiment.

 

Yea Matt...share some of that talent!!!

 

Ether, that 4door conversion looks hot man.

here's one we chopped earlier this year
http://www.bodylinesinc.com/mercgallery

 

here are the shots of mine. 3" front, about 4 1/4" rear. the rear window moved forward about 3 inches.

 

above is one beautiful merc'!!!!!!!

 

thanks speedaddict its nice to reap the rewards of a smooth build.

i know most of you probobly seen my thread but incase someone does a search for merc chop ill add this link. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229300

good luck BOBBY and keep us posted, nothin like a bunch of chopped Merc pics, works better than ****** (so ive heard)!!!

 

i love your 51 mike we have similar tastes..

 

Mike you smarty smarty smart pants!!!!!

That has to be the most logical way to do the leaned b pillars!!! A few cuts, everything lines up...beautiful! I love it! I think Im going to try that next time (my 51 Merc)

Awesome man!

 

Love the look of your car!!! The two-tone is awesome...

 

Thanks for the compliments. If I were to do it again, I would lean the b pillars just a bit different. The main pieces I would cut the same. But I would cutout and use the original rounded corner pieces the way Slddnmat did on Fernando's. That was pretty tricky.

 

Yep,he does nice work...

 

Heres a nice one.....the dude in the p***enger seat looks hammered!......

 

mike you nailed the top. perfect, perfect, perfect.

 

god i love this thread