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Hot Rods Time to chop Edna......3", 4" or 5" what would you do?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by BAILEIGH INC, Dec 8, 2014.

  1. deto
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  2. Dude....that's awesome ! ! I would love to have THAT today.
     
  3. joeyesmen
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    A Sedan.png Oh, I don't know. I like unchopped cars a lot, in fact my 5 window A is unchopped. But a couple inches wouldn't look too bad . . .
     
  4. seb fontana
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    Yeah, I guess not what you expected, eh? The previous post pic gets my vote, if you just had to do something..Not sure about the ride height if your going to pack it with family..
     
  5. BAILEIGH INC
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    Can you leave the whitewalls to the photoshop?
     
  6. I see the restorers are back.
    Chop that car, I'd start at 3, and see what you think, and go to 5, if you think 3s not enough.
     
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  7. MAD 034
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    Top chops are way over rated. Lower it, leave it full fendered, and then drive it until it's wore out.
     
  8. Squablow
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    I like it as-is, but I like the above photoshop as well. If I were you, I'd do your planned suspension and engine mods first, and the wheel color, then look again and decide if you want to chop it or not. I personally thought the photoshop of your car with black wheels and black beltline accent paint looked best with the WWW's, but that's a personal taste.
     
  9. joeyesmen
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    Whitewalls.png
    Looks a little more fancy pants this way. Less mean.
     
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  10. hemi gasser
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    I would not chop it, besides the fact it looks great unchopped with fenders but at 6`1" unless your going to sit on the floor there will not be much headroom for you. I'm 6` and don't have much extra room in my 29 sedan. My buddy chopped 6" out of his 34 pickup and sold it two years later because it was so uncomfortable to drive. It sounds like you want to drive yours a lot. Just my two cents.
     
  11. joeyesmen
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    DSC06640.jpg

    Maybe make the belt line paint darker brown. I think this might be a stock color. It's almost a blackish-brown. This looks pretty good with black wires and blackwalls.
     
  12. AHotRod
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    Don't Chop it ..... period.
     
  13. joeyesmen
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    a few inches.jpg

    Darker beltline, darker brown wires, blackwalls. I like this look best.
     
  14. Darker colors look great! I would do it this way or chop it 6" (I am doing 6 on ours). No inbetween for me.
     
  15. If you don't chop it enough it looks like a stock height 32. IMO
     
  16. Well, I was one of the no chop guys, but that photoshop version does make the proportions look better.
     
  17. TinShed
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    My vote is no chop if you keep the Banger. Looks so nice as is...
     
  18. :cool: You get the point!
     
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  19. Are you kidding me?
    Where's the point?
    I waisted 34 seconds plus the buffer to watch someone warm up a toy chainsaw and then pretend he's in a Jackyl video.

    Stupid
     
  20. Its a JOKE! lighten up! Cut the top! Get It
     
  21. scrap metal 48
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    28/29's have 1 inch taller side windows than 30/31's.. I vote 6' chop...
     
  22. papajohn
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    I think you should get the cutoffs from someone else's chop and add an inch. It would stand out at all the shows and confuse the heck out of the purists.
     
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  23. BAILEIGH INC
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  24. Asphalt Demon
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    I have to agree with a lot of the above posts, in that you gotta get your stance correct on such a finished car first, then she will tell you. loving Corey27t s coupe further up. Johnny goodluck1
     
  25. gecko54
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    I like the version with the brown belt line/wires with the blackwalls.
    As for this coupe l'd like some more info. Tire size and how the rear is lowered? How bad do those front tires rub?
     
  26. verde742
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    already did it, 2" raise, called it a pro -to- type 1928 Ford , loved it , sold it to a guy I thought loved it also, he immediately chopped it 5 inches, wrecked it, went to jail. nobody seen car since..
     
  27. Pete
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    Chop it!!!


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  28. O.Hove
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    Dropped axle, no chop on this one
     
  29. rottenleonard
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    Don't chop it?....... I supose the exaust is too loud too.......geez is there no bingo game today..OLD FARTS!:p

    I'd go either 3 or 4", enough to shed the stock'r image.
     
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  30. Imwalkin
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    p
    This does look good.
     

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