TECH: How to make a 4 door cool! OR...Shoebox Ford 2 Door Conversion!

Great work. Keep it up.

 

Straight with a slight slant...

Either one, its going to be nice no matter which you choose.

 

Just to stir the pot a little, how 'bout a hardtop?

 

Straight. Definitely..

 

I don't know,the posts look good either way! Great work!

 

Slant them pillars!

 

great work dan, cars looking really nice!

 

Not that you need ANY advice from such a novice as myself, but if you're looking for some "hardtop inspiration" lookie here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=382076

 

very masterful,, straight pillars. Usually I prefer slanted pillars but what hapens with a 2dr sedan is that it shortens the mass of the door glass and stretches the mass of the 1/4 glass and makes the area of the two pieces of glass nearly equal and that doesn't look right, just my two cents.

 

Personally I like the slight slant. Still, the straight pillar looks more difficult and thus impressive.

 

Either way looks good, I like the slight slant. The bottom line is you are the one that has to live with it. Do what you like and the hell with the rest of us.

 

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Slanted has been done, straight has been done, but what I have never seen is a reverse slant. The choice is yours. Be like everyone else, or stand out in the crowd Danno

 

Poll? You don't need no stinkin' poll. You had a vision for this awesome build from the beginning...stay with that and you'll be happier.

If not, I vote for slanted.

 

Amazing workmanship. Ocne I learn how to cut in a straight line I've got try this on something.

 

Slant them, but it looks great regardless!

 

Awesome work.

 

In your photoshop renderings, the straight pillar looks best. I've seen other cars that looked great with a slanted pillar, but it seems like your particular chop calls for straight.

Here are good examples of both; you are probably familiar with both of these cars:





Don't hardtop it, though. The tudor roof is too long to get an attractive window profile.

About side trim: it's hard to beat the stock '50 Ford trim, but it you're gonna change it, you should look at '54-5 Buick trim. This is the classic application, but there's also a version that works with the stock rear wheel cutout:

 

50Fraud, thanks for the pics! I'm almost certain I'm gonna go with straight b-pillars.

It's weird, the car looks SO much different in person than in the pics, the straight pillars really change the entire the look of the car.

I've always like the '54-'55 Buick Side trim and I've even got a complete set of it. I've seen it on a lot of cars lately though and want to do something a little different. I'd like to keep everything '55 at the latest.

 

Here's what I was talking about when I wrote "a version that works with the stock wheel cutouts". Probably pretty tough to find, though; I guess it would only have been used on '54 Special post 2-doors:

 

Hey clutchdumpindan thanks to your post and doing a great job at explaining what you did I've done it there's a post I have done on it but left the tech to you thanks again dude

 

Awesome job! Looks great!!!! Got a link to your post?

 

And for anyone wondering....I haven't posted update pics cause I haven't done hardly anything new to it.

I've been really busy working on customer cars but hope to get back on the shoebox soon! I wanna drive the damn thing!

 

I have no idea how to do a link but the title is shoebox finally two doored my more door

 

link to "Shoebox Finally two doored my more door
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This is an awesome thread! Absolutely awesome work on the 2 door conversion, and the chop looks amazing!

 

Thanks atch for the link setup

 

Do not adjust your monitor, the pictures you are about to see are REAL!



Got the corner tacked in.





And the answer to the long awaited B-pillar question is.....drum roll please.....



Measure twice...






There's just something satisfying about cutting through a B-pillar with a bandsaw that's as old as the car.




Hmmm, this might get a little tricky...






Still needs a little trimming and fitting but I think it's in the ballpark.

 

Looks good from here!

 

Looks Great !! Glad to see you back on this !!!