Art & Inspiration Chopped verses Non chopped Hot Rods

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Not my cars, but the side by sides on A coupes, to me lean strongly toward a chop.

 

Three and a half inches...

 

Chopped 3"

 

The '34 came about as chopped as it can get for a factory car....

 

Timeless look!

 

My’36 Sedan in 1975, chopped in 1978.

 

I have wrestled with chop or no chop on my latest five window project. Planning on painting the body black this winter. Frame hood, gas tank, grill etc. are all painted.
Right now I’m leaning towards non-chop. Thoughts?
If “themoose”sees this I wonder if he could do a nice 4” chop on these photos.

 

I am in the chop club!

 

What should have been.
Digital restyle by Rik Hoving

 

I chopped the '46 pickup 3" and sectioned the seat riser 2" to get my 6'6" body in there.
My '33 Willys coupe is unchopped, but my boy's '48 Anglia is channeled 7 inches. Its tight but driveable.



Its for sale in the HAMB want ads section.

 

The trunk louvers say........Chop it

 

Pretty simple really. If I want to sit in it, needs to be unchopped.

 

I'm not sure why. I'm not even sure I'm sure. But it seems the unchopped coupes are looking good to me these days. And yours looks just about right, I think. Especially with the wire wheels and the flathead. And that shiny black paint. Perfect.

 

I like it chopped, but @ 6’2”, I’ve learned to stop a tad early at street lights so I don’t have to crank my neck up to see when it turns green lol.

 

I like both chopped and unchopped. My 34 unchopped.

 

Perfect as it is………
( and my dream car has always been a chopped 5 window deuce hi-boy ! )

or go with @Rickybop ‘s comment in post 103.

 

I owned/built the chopped one in the 70s and the black one recently. Loved then both

 

That is kinda how I feel. Don’t know why but maybe because so many are chopped. Thanks for feedback.