chopping a 47 plymouth coupe

started another project , doing a full kustom, bagging whole car, chopping top , shaving some trim, shaving some handles, molding in lakepipes, going to totally rework the front , frenching in canted dual headlights and removing existing grill and replacing with a 1950 buick bucktooth grill and split cadillac dagmire bumpers on either side ,rebuilding original flathead six drivetrain , flush mount skirts , and if i can find some thinking about replacing rear fenders with 1940 truck rear fenders !

 

Nice chop! Not to much out and it has a great flow. Job well done!

 

Looks like you're working at a pretty good clip. How much did you take out of the roofline?

 

ended up taking 4 inches out of front and about 6 inches out of the c pillar , i took some pictures with measurement if any one needs them still have to radius the rear of the sideglass opening and then the door top and then to the driverside

 

windshield opening height is 11 1/2 inches

 

Cool project man!! Looks good

 

looking good! The chop really makes it flow well!

 

Looks killer !

 

MORE PIX MORE PIX MORE PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats going to be killer!

 

started up the passenger side b pillar got the pillar tacked turned out good ,still have to do the door top and form a new radius piece for the sideglass rear, have metal template in rear for mockup, not to bad for day 2 of chop!

 

Keep the pics of the project coming. The lines look great. I'd love to see more of a side view when you get a chance.

 

Nothing beats a chopped 47

Dennis

 

nice work... keep it documented via pix for us hangers on!
looks great!

 

got rear bottom of window done tonight and drivers c pillar bent and all tacked together , found a easy way on the complex curve pieces , made a template with masking tape , tape the area you want to make out of sheet metal and pull off and then flatten out onto your metal then trace shape then cutout and bend to shape , bent over an torch bottle to get the curve , then put onto car and cut through both pieces of metal with a cutoff wheel on a grinder , line up edges of metal and worked around the sheet cutting , tacking until it was all tacked , worked out better than i thought and pretty easy , now just have to do the b pillars sat and the hard part of the chop is done , i am going to set the body back on the frame and then do the door tops just in case the body had sagged at the doors , probably do that sun . not bad for day 3

 

Nice work... You have the touch! AND the skills

 

The interior windshield moulding is tuff to make fit well. good luck.

 

GREAT GREAT WORK MAN!! It looks so good!!

Ian

I love your tape method!!

 

good for you..looking great and you're getting 'er done!!! keep up the good work and keep us posted ..it's all about the look!

 

Very nice, I have a soft spot for old Plymouths

 

Is there any sort of website on these? I have a neighbor who wants to sell me one cheap.

 

http://www.merc583.addr.com/mopar/framesets/welcomeframeset.html

There's knowledgeable forum also

 

long weekend , got the chop done , got the 4 link in rear and couldnt resist on seeing what it will look like with the body back on , still have to patch some rotted pieces on floor and some in the rockers, wanted to do the door tops when it was back on the body , have to get some bags next week and then body will come back off for grinding and paint on the chassis . taped some paper over the rear opening in one picture to see what it will look like with skirts

 

you fuckin NAILED the proportions on that car,,,,ive always wondered
why more people dont chop those...i think after seeing your post,,we will see more people build kustoms from those cars,,,,BEAUTIFUL!

 

S C H W E E E D! That's one good looking chop there, not all are...

 

WAY cool

if i were you i would move the bags behind the axle... much better ride..

man, that thing is gonna be AWESOME

 

Dave I must admit...When you dive into a project ummm you dive head first at rocket speed and never look back. It is always a treat to go down to our garage and see what unbelievable progress you have accomplished on any of your projects. So how long until you come out with your own T.V. Show? You are the only guy I know that could chop a car with a butter knife, melt down a ton of fishing weights as filler, and using a can of hair spray and a lighter as a torch." You do amaze me Ha ha. VLPR brother!!!

 

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Run Forrest Run!!!!
You're doing it right... it looks incredible!

 

Sweet! These make killer taildraggers and yours is coming right along.

 

cool, what's the latest on this?