Business coupe chop examples?

I have a 1950 Ford business coupe that I have been preparing to chop. I have seen some good examples and poor ones. Does anyone have examples of business coupes specifically? I have heard plenty of people tell me that I should not chop my coupe because the line simply does not flow right. Suggestions?

Thanks.

 

Jay Leno's....

 

Billy Gibbons " kopperhed"


link to build ...http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/42141_1950_ford_five_window_coupe/index.html

 

And Fonzie style "Heeeyyy"

 

The sedans look great chopped but not the coupes IMO...... leave it

 

coupe chopped by 00mack













crappy pictures of my coupe

 

Leave it alone --why mess with the best body style in the last 60 years? Only 75000 of these puppies produced in 1950. Very few good ones left. Its worth more as is--restored. Unless you can do it like one of these pros pictured...it would be a pity

 

the chop on this is pretty heavy, but you get the idea.

 

Got To Be Different

 

These are great examples. And Encouraging. Thanks!
I agree that these coupes are a beautiful design in stock form and this is why I really need a strong direction before I begin. I am looking forward to a professionally finished and clean chop so the more examples - the better. My car is a dry california car w virtually no rust or evidence of accidents so I want to make sure I do this right. Thanks again.

 

Got to hardtop 'em.

 

This is very nice! While I'm a little afraid of the extra work, I was planning to hard top the car regardless. It just looks so much cleaner.

 

ignore the rims. i like coupes hardtopped, gives a false appearance that the roof is longer.

 

And somewhere some poor NASCAR fan's flames are missing off his lifted 4x4

 

good lord i thought my sedan had a lot out of the A post how much did you cut it? mines 5.5"

 

geesh that car looks good!!! like it jumped out of a little book in 1956.

 

ok this is nuts now i have to go to the bathroom for a while............. these are some very nice cars and chops. your right with it as a hardtop it does look longer. i want to know one thing though, can i go swimming in the the pretty blue paint?

 

haha, we took 7 out of the A pillar and almost 9 out the back. it is a 2dr sedan roof on a coupe body. it worked out bitchin.

 

ya it would appeal to me more without the flames. i wanted to put some crestliner trim on it to break up the sides and have it all blue... but not my car. the color is very nice when its in the sun

 

anymore examples out threre?

 

This is a beautiful chop and very close to what I will attempt. Did you weld the upper pieces of the door frame to the roof? or remove portions of the rear window frame?

 

Heaps in here , if you have'nt found it already ..

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146459&showall=1

 

thanks.

 

geez gregg...is that your garage??? you could have at least cropped that photo down out of respect to the cramped west coasters you've left behind.

car looks great - but it has paint now, no? digging the taillights too...

 

Leno owns that now? Man I wish I had his funds

 

nice looking chop...but that grille is kinda fruity..
not quite bad as a skull,,,,but close,,,,,,,,,,

 

Go to www.timebombs.ca and take a look Shoeze in the gallery there.Might be something there for your consideration.... Time Bomb John

 

I just saw this in a magazine feature.Supposed to be the guys dream car he finally got to build.Hard to believe he'd sell so fast.

 

Definitely on the list of best chopped coupes. This car rules!