Jkustom, please do! That would help alot. Finally got everything in the back welded up and was able to cut that ugly brace off. Also got started on modifying some of the stainless. With all the radius changes in the back of the rear side windows, there was quite a bit of surgery involved. Here's the new corner piece I fabbed and welded into place earlier. So now I have to make the trim match the new radius. I already did 1, so here the comparison from the new one to stock. Then I took a jewelers saw and cut the edges off the piece so I could re-shape them in a shrinker - stretcher, to then weld them back together. So that's where we are sitting now. more to come...
Fu...That is some really outstanding work. We're planning on going to The Rumblers NYC how this summer, so I hope to see the car there.
I pulled a tap on my '50 Chevy sport coupe, back seat / non sedan, back window. I measured with the stainless trim on. Outside of trim to outside trim is 45.5 long to 23 and 3/4 tall. I would subtract an inch from each number and call that closer to the actual size of the window opening. Hope this helps...
Got the slanted posts all fabbed up... I'm gonna redo the one in the rear, I didnt have a full picture when I did those. I laid them all out with a french curve to avoid the whole round corners you see on alot of customs. It's subtle, but there. Also did a quick mockup for the tail lights, super rough draft, but I dig it with the 49 over rider. ]
Fu--your a true craftsman & a f@ckin RULER...always love your post & talking to you. It was sooo kool to hook up with Roger again & glad things worked out for everyone..Cant wait to see it all come together and please send me pics of them beauties!! One luv
Thanks alot everyone! Roger is really digging it. Can't wait for him to get back from tour to help out! There is still alot of work to do!
Hopefully by the end of the day I can have all the posts welded up and finally get all that bracing out of it. If so, I'll have some pics,
please excuse my language but FUCK YEAH! dude sooooo good! could you post a few more pics of the way you leaned the C pillar forward, and i know someone els did the suspension but if you have it up on a hoist any time soon could you take a few good pictures of how the front was bagged and how they did the rear as well? like 4 link or how ever they did it? keep up the good work mate! subscribed for sure
One of the reasons these B pillars took so long is because I wanted the shapes to have a purpose. I think often when these are chopped, Whatever radius that can be had quick with what is given is typically what the builder goes for. I fell into the same trap at first when I mocked up the very rear before I had the B pillars laid out. I went back and changed it though. Here wAs the first swing at it... I had already fabbed and welded that guide line for the stainless, which most people use the stock piece which doesnt flow well,I think. So I wanted to work with it, here is what I did after I mocked up the B pillars. I also think that people normally lean the pillars out of purpose. because the upper mounting point goes forward as the lid comes down. These posts were leaned quite a bit forward considering the mild chop. So we set the angle to what Roger dug and ended up with this... I think all the curves compliment each other well... I wanted it to look like more than happenstance. Like it had a purpose... The wheels got a bit more lovely...
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