So I picked this car up from the original family owners. It had been sitting since 1968 until I drug it out a couple years ago now. I'm pretty pumped where it's at right now! It's been a slow process since I'm 21 and in college. I'm going for a 50s period custom. Anyone have any pictures of chopped club coupes? I haven't been able to find any anywhere really. And I'm not sure if that would be absurdly period correct to do either.
IMO you cannot improve the look of a 49-51 Club Coupe by chopping. Your car is perfectly proportioned now. Nice ride.
And here ya go! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/chopped-49-51-fords. Lots of chopped 49'-51' Fords on this thread!
great car. we have very similar builds going. -I am stoked to see that you installed a v8 and an overdrive.
55Brodie. Yeah it does look nice with stock lines. I may have to find another car to chop down the road instead of this one!
I have seen them sectioned, I am not aware if I have seen a chopped coupe but that doesn't mean that someone didn't do it.
Personally, I like the coupe's roofline unaltered. Same goes for the chevy models of the same years. Looking good, I was sorta hoping you'd have kept the straight six (we didn't get those in the Fords up here). Makes me miss my sedan
I searched for hours looking for chopped coupes and couldn't find any. Thanks! This really makes me wanna go for a chop.
I would have kept the 6cyl but I already had the flathead from a model a I started to build in high school Old-Soul
Only problem with chopping a coupe is you can't haul any adults in the back seat! LOL just small kids or midgets!
Here's some pics I've collected.... Personally I'm on the fence btwn a mild chop or just slammed to the ground.
That's where I'm at too, but after looking at these photos, I'm thinking of doing a mild chop and air ride now. Other than air ride, everything will be done as period as I can get it! Thanks for all the pictures and Input guys! Hopefully this winter I'll get a little more done
As said you really cannot improve the looks of these cars by chopping. Also there's the whole other image of the 49-50 Fords. The performance image..the moonshine blockader/nascar image or legend. I'll give you 2 reasons why you don't see many chopped today. 1. While not a really rare car the coupes are defiantly not common. Folks tend to hold on to them. There is a certain mystique about them. Chopping one tends to take that away in a sense. 2. Say you do chop one.... " Hey, Nice Mercury" "No, It's a Ford" " Hey this guys got a Ford that looks like Mercury!"
I think I'll continue to build the car and have it basically finished with out a chop and see how I like it and drive it for a year or so unchopped before making a final decision.
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