Gl***hole has had this thing forever and wants to get it done for this spring. I went down last night to help him chop it. We cut 4 1/4" out of the back and 4 3/4" out of the front. The roof is tacked on and ready for him to go crazy with the welder. I'll go down next week and help him get the top of the doors on. Clark
The back end of the body is the only bad part. I guess we'll have to make that area, unless somebody has the back end of a 34 coupe layin around. He's got a lot of wood to replace with metal. Here's the last pic of the front. Looks wicked!! Clark
Those early Chevies are some cool looking cars. Too bad about all the wood though, otherwise there would be more around.
Here is a link to my STARPHOTO page, it has been loading the pages REAL SLOW. But here is a pix of a Chevy that was in the back of a truck from Texas.. http://photo.starblvd.net/saltflats03?st=album&pg=2 Chris Nelson Kansas
That Texas Chevy looks like the Hot Rod Mechanix project. Showed how they gave it a "Bonneville" chop. Then never saw it again. alchemy
The chop on that thing is SICK!!!! Can't wait to see more. Eric ================================================ 49 Studebaker P/U
Looks real good. I swear you guy's should start up your own shop. Everything you guy's show is done up nice. later plmczy
JT you missed another adventure,maybe next time. Thanx Duck,I am running the original 283 out of Pops 57 Vette W/ 2 4's and a 4 spd.should be fun. Bill
its about time gl***hole did some work on that thing.. I've only been hearing about it for 5 years!! CHOP LOOKS GOOD BOYS..
Looks good is there some kind of deadline for having this thing done because Gl***holes last minute jobs are fun.
The car in Sodbusters Bonneville pictures is the Chevy featured in Hot Rod Mechanix as a two part top chop. Radical chops really bring out the best in these old Chevys. I emailed the owner and author, Dave McNurlen, about two years ago to find out what had happened to it. He responded that he still had it, but had been sidetracked by other projects and lack of time and funds.
That grill looks like a 33 grill to me. Its a lot flatter the the curved grill of the 34. The front guards bolt on differently on a 33. They have a stone tray like a 32 Ford. By comparison 34 Chev the is like the 34 Ford in the way the guards attach to one another, under the grill shell.
The grill might be a 33. Gl***hole knows which grill it is. He said there was a difference in the 33/34 body too and I forgot what it is. Clark