***Munster's 51' Chevy coupe Chop***

Thanx Muzz!!!

Hey Todd, i appreciate it man, im working on the front ones now!!! Thought you should now, there's a pristine, running, daily driver 52 coupe on ebay for 6900$ "buy it now"! He has the stock wheels and www and skirts too!!! I wish i could buy it chop it lower it and sell it, but my $$$$ is tide up right now!!!

 

You have got to be kidding me!!! Have you ever heard of this thing called sleep???? The chop looks awesome.

 

It's all your fault!!
I chopped the top on my '46 Dodge Truck yesterday,,now to weld it!!
However,,, It's not as easy as you make it look!!! LOL!!
Seriously Thank You! and to the Hamb for the vast knowledge.

 

Thanx so much man!!!

LOL!! I BET YOU A TRUCK IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE CARS I'VE BEEN DOING!!
Sorry about the caps ,oops!!

Keep at it and make sure everything fits perfect before welding, it'll save you lots of aggravation in the end!! Trust me!!

Post some pics!!! let me know if i can help, good luck!!

Ian

 

Ian, you are very talented. I think its awesome to see someone do this in their own driveway. What an inspiration!! I've heard people say its just metal if you screw it up just take it out and try again, but your stuff looks so nice it looks factory! It's too bad you didn't work for Chevrolet back in the day they could have made some bitch'n cars even though I still like the stock look on some. You should make a build book on your next project and sell it, I'm sure a lot of Hambr's would buy it, I know I would! Well just wanted to say you did a hell of a job and its nice to see a regular guy do amazing things.

 

DustDevil, Thank you so much and i'm so happy of the response i got from all you guys, Thank you!! As you probably know, this is my 3rd chop and im still learning a lot, so i think making a book would not be a good idea right now, but who knows? Maybe in the future. There are no real good books about 49 54 chevy for all the different models, sedan , coupe, hard tops, etc... That would be a great idea for anybody to put out. I'm sure somebody is probably working on one right now!! LOL!!

But i'm extremely flattered by all the positive comments i got, coming from a bunch of super talented builders and hobbyists. It keeps one motivated for sure!!!

Thank god i didn't fuck up Munster's car!!!!
I couldn't have lived with myself!!!

Later brotha!!

Ian

 

nice work man

 

Thanx brotha!!! Good to see you back!!!

 

Very nice chop!! We have a '51 Chev in the shop for the winter project. May have to bookmark this thread!

 

Very impressed on this one. Equally impressed with the man's humility...

 

That looks awesome!

 

If i can help let me know!! Thank you!!

Thanx Caddy-O,

Thanx WA!!

 

Finished all the garnish molding today and started on the wing windows......What a pain these little fuckers are!!!

















Had to make a little pie cut for the ends to match









I will go back and clean up this corner a little bit

 

BTW, Don't do what i did with the wing windows. I should have cut where the door top was cut, the find the section of the wing window that fits the curve of the door top and weld it. All these pie cuts are a real pain to finish right!!

 

Hey man, I've been reading the updates and watching the progress here on the Right Coast and just amazed with your work. Excellent chop and the stance on the car is flat out badass!!! Keep the updates coming.

 

lookin better and better as you go. Thanks for the pointers on things you would do different.

 

ian have you thought about pickin up a tig welder? the welds are much easier to grind down and you can metal finish your work easier.. i got a miller econotig and its awesome for little parts and sheetmetal

 

Maybe one day!! I would love to own a TIG but my pockets aren't real deep right now, my wife as done enough for me already!!

 

Thanx HARPS!! I'll keep posting 'til it's out of my garage!!

Right on KK!!

 

Man you are doing some great work

 

what i did with my vent windows was make a template of what shape they needed to be
cut that shape outta sheet metal thats a little on the thicker side
put it in a vice front facing up and layed the ventwindow on top and heated and hammered into shape no cuts other then makeing it a lil shorter

 

I'll do that on the shoebox, when i get back to it!!! sounds like a great trick man!!! Thanx for the tip!!

Ian

 

Ian, Thanks a bunch for the pictures of the garnish mods.
That will really help when I get to mine.

 

Cool brotha!!! I wish i could post my "HOW TO" on the wing windows but i don't have a great way to modify them.......Still figuring out that one!!! LOL!

 

Shit Ian, and the rate you are going, you might have TWO cars in the GNRS!!!

 

HAHA!! Well at least we'll have his car outside the suede palace or something!!

Later Coby!!!

Ian

 

I did mine a little while back.
I searched through some older threads but all the pics were dead.

I bent mine, slowly and carefully to keep it from kinking. I have no way of welging SST.

The top hinge bracket thing is a bit boogered up where I bent it, but it hides well.
I used regular pop rivits to put that back toghether.

Maybe these will help.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=743550&d=1251520956
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=743551&d=1251520956

 

Ian, you have inspired me brother. I can't wait to get a early 50's GM car to cut on myself. I have been into all kinds of customs cars over the years, but your chop threads have made me remember why I got interested in the automobile in the first place! Thank you!

Morgan

 

Right fucking on man!! I'm in the garage learning how to lead right now!!
No lead on the ground so far!!! HAHA!!!

Later brother!!

Ian

 

really clean, this will be one of the neatest 49/52s around
i really like how he roof stands in the middle of the car.
Perfect proportion.
Y'know what else is kool? This pic here of the work bench w/ a pack of
smokes, its very representative of backyard engineering in my sick mind.
i tend to smoke more while im at it in the garage than in any other situation....