I'm not chopping grandpa's 51, but that don't mean my neighbors DON'T hear those things...... still gotta strip for paint, fill trim holes, fix dents, build exhaust, finish wiring..... lots of swearing and banging in MY garage.
My '46 Chevy coupe is unchopped, it'll never get chopped, by me anyway. Sometimes I just stand behind it and look at the way the body lines flow, there's not a straight line on it anywhere and the roof height is in proportion with the rest of the body....my '40 pickup however got a 4" haircut and it looks way better than stock......