HAMB Chop GMB Style, Semi Live Updates

Is this the suspect

I cannot remember his name to save my life.

 

Thats him...lol

Now all I have to do is get hold of him.

 

Hey! That's me your talking about Rick, I sent you a PM. To everyone involved in the Chop, it was a great time and nice to meet all of you, there sure was an awesome amount of talent. Marc you are one lucky MoFo, thank you for putting this whole thing together, ya" done good!

 

Correct me if I'm mixing up a few guys but the owner of that little truck lives in Livonia doesn't he?? The owner of the truck is your brother then right??

 

Outstanding post! Thanks for making it happen ... were cookies involved?

 

o all kinda cookies were involved the last one got ate yesterday

 

for those who called it a "mild" chop my car is actually 1/4" higher at the doors and 1.75" higher at the windsheild then marks car

 

The pictures of the HEAP with the top back on look deceiving as to the lowness. Compare the two pictures you included the roof line looks untouched on Marc's car compared to yours. add in the skirts and tail dragger stance. WHen seen in person there is no doubt as to the stought wack it undewent.


moose

 

I'm the goofy looking guy in the photo, the Model A Pickup is my Brothers and yes, he does live in Livonia.

 

Your chop was bad-ass...and a great reference. I looked at it several times to see where the project was headed. My hat is off to the pioneers!

 

There are ALWAYS cookies involved when the GMB's get together. In fact, Roadstar works best with a cookie in one hand and welder in the other

 

Well, I picked The Heap up from Classic Collision, but there was one more piece of work to be done. I fabbed up some taillight housings and a flush-mount license plate bracket from duct tape.

 

this is the next big thing... you guys have no idea about the duct tape trunk latch haha

 

Bryan, your car is chopped? I never noticed. It's always had such a smooth roof, I thought it came from the factory that way. I would like to see it now that yous guys re-bondo-ed it.

All you Chevy guys should line 'em all up at Autorama. Racer Rick can tow the Hackmobile in, and Evan (Ol' Drippy) can bring his as a "Before" while Marc's is the "after".

Next time we should get together and chop something easy, like a pickup.

 

Cool...

 

Excellant Post !

 

Great post--Should of had a video made. master craftsman and lady---Thanks. Relly enjoyed it.

 

Quick question.......yea, I know that it is a BTTT. But, who make's the "hand-held" band saw? I was thinking about an Xmas gift and I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

Im not sure who makes the one they are using but Makita, Milwalkee, and even harbor freight.

 

Porter Cable makes one also, but I would get a Milwalkee. We use them all day long and they really hold up.

 

maybe O/T but have any of you guys used the harbor freight porta band saw? is it worth $65.00 or is it a pos ?

 

HF shit is like a dutch door... swings both ways

personally, after the chopsaw i bought from HF a few months ago, i made a vow never to cheap out on power tools again.

 

awesome post! good work! great bunch of people! it is the Christmas spirit! thanks!!
who is cutting the windshield? can we see pics of the cutting process?

 

This is the best I could surmise from the post:

The guy that did the striping was Mark Quill (I can't remember his HAMB name...) A talented striper, builder, and all around badd ass. He brought the Green Monster: a cordless porta-band saw! Fukkin awesome.

1) Send Mark Quill a PM if he's on the HAMB.

2) Maybe lookup Harbor Freight tools- go to their cordless tool section...or, do a search on the internet for cordless portable bandsaws.

3) Usually, Hitachi uses green as their main body color...But what do I know?

 

Who remembers this? A lot of old-timers that aren’t with us anymore and a ton of ppl who haven’t been on here in a while. But wow! What an experience.

 

That was good time. Still have the t-shirt around here somewhere. Miss the good old days in Detroit....

 

My shirt was lost in my move 10 years ago. Wish I could find another…

 

Just Talked to Marc yesterday…the car was actually traded to Little Mark Qualls, the Striper mentioned above, for a 54 Chevy, that we started to chop, many years ago, and is long gone..I wanna say the Fleetline ended up in Chicago area.

Marc now has a Chevy wagon, bought on here and Little Mark is still at it building hot rods,
Striping, and painting

 

TITS!!

 

And just talked to Little Mark this morning…weird this thread came back to life..