Customs destroying a 53 ford

i got this car in june and it looked pretty ragged but i slowly changed some things on it to make it look a little better like a solid color prime and not the grey blue purple spots that it had,got some whitewalls and painted the top a dark metallic green.got it lookin presentable and was on my way top the rumblers show in brooklyn

 

still wasnt happy with the car so i fixed up the rough spots on the body and painted it black,added a new timing chand and cleaned up under the hood a little

 

Looking better. Good luck with the build.

 

THEN after all that i still wasnt happy and decided it needed a 5"chop and should become a two doorso i tore out the glass,interior,welded up the back doors and started measuring

 

got some fresh sawzall blades and cut 5" out of the front and about 5 3/4" in the back,got the front and middle posts lined up and welded in place then took it for a ride

 

next came the back window.i wanted to use a 49-52 chevy window but couldnt find one so i decided to use the stock rear window so i cut the bottom of the frame and slid it all forward about 5 inches

 

got it all lined up and welded into place and you can see how much smaller the rear windows are now

 

then i filled the giant hole between the trunk and window and welded up some more spots

 

after looking at the window for a while i noticed that some of the lines wouldnt flow well once there was glass in it so a peice of cardboard was laid on the window to get an idea of a smaller window without the curve and it instantly made the car look longer and flow much better so i welded some sheet metal in and gave the top a better look and flow

 

i then put a plexiglass front and rear window in for now and primed over all the bare metal spots.ive been driving the car around as is for the past few days and once its too cold to drive around with no heat ill finish all the body work and paint it gloss black or a metallic green and do all the interior

 

I like it!

 

Looking good!

 

I like what you are doing! Great job!

 

lookin goood!

 

Nice!!!

 

Looking good from this end so be sure to post up grades as you do them!

 

Looks great to me.

 

love what your doing jake

 

Looking good. have fun with it.

 

godd creative ideas....nice custom...and very cool!!!

 

OH YEA ,now thats what I am talkin about! much better.

 

kool chop

 

Is that one of theose "Happy Birthday" engines in the ol' ford?

 

Nice!

 

Yes!

 

its a birthday party under the hood....and today i cut 1 1/2 turns out of the front coils and it lowered it atleast 2 inches so now the top of the cars about mid chest height to me. still have to take a few pictures though

 

Very cool !

 

Thats the best way to destroy a 53 ive seen. looks good dude

 

heres a couple pictures of it after lowering the front

 

Really looks good! About how many hours do you think you have in it now?