This is a compilation of parts that looks very similar to a late '31 Model A coupe- it's going up for sale but I was thinking of giving it a 5" chop?? Taking a poll- CUT or NO CUT! Mike from Mass.
Your bi line....If you take free advice, you'll probably get what you paid for Since you are going to sell the coupe I vote to leave it alone and let the next guy decide,,the more you do the more you will have to get. HRP
I don't see the point of putting the work into it, right now. If the buyer prefers a chop, work that as part of the deal at the time of sale. (more $$ for you). Unless you're talking finished, then for sale, in which case I'd take a little off the top.
selling it = leave it as is. chopping will limit the market of potential buyers considerably. 5" is also pretty severe... looks effing rad, but severe.
IMHO, a 5" chop will mess with the proportions and narrow down your prospective buyer pool. Leave it as is. Stu
I like them not chopped. I agree with the others if your going to sell it leave it alone. You will have more buyers that way.
From my own experience, there was a very nice '37 pickup in the area I wanted. That is until it went through the hands of a rat-influenced fellow who chopped it. His effort was ham handed and made me angry. He took something pristine and ruined it, for me. And, make no mistake, once it's done, there's no going back. Not everyone agrees with what someone else does to an original Early Ford. If you intend to sell it, let the next person pay for the privilege of doing what they want. I say all this because by messing with it, you're limiting your customer base by a very wide margin. And, why spend your time and the money it'll take to do it?
If you want to practice chopping and dont care about resale value, go for it! Posted using a number two pencil on a paper napkin.
I say take the time you would have spent chopping it and fix whatever is going on with the cowl. looks all rusted out from this angle.
I am with everyone else. Why would you ass-u-me that the potential buyer would even want a severe chop? Probably a lot more buyers like them unchopped, especially such a severe chop as 5".
So you advertise it as being chopped...I come to look at it and it is chopped 5" and I am 6'2" and want one that is only chopped 3" at the most....I will walk away......I will not walk away if it is not chopped..... If you chop it....chop it for yourself....
I didn't think it was a stupid question at all (post #26),and I thought about doing it because it's already pretty ratty and it might appeal MORE to the right crowd if it looked a little more dangerous (post #21),but general consensus is "NO CHOP", and I shall adhere to the wisdom of the HAMB.(maybe).I came up with 5" after seeing another coupe on here last week that had that amount taken out , was running fenders,and I thought looked great.Thanks for your feedback. Mike
This is great advice. Fix the cowl, align the doors and finish welding/grinding the quarter and rear window patch and anything else that needs welding. Leave the fresh welds or freshly ground welds exposed for the buyer to see (don't slop bondo/primer). Get it as square and solid as you can. Leave it stock height. Cars are tough enough to sell. If you chop it, you've probably lost 3/4 of your buyers. You'll lose everyone that wanted stock height and everyone that wanted a chop but didn't like the chop amount you chose...
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