Shortened Cars

England's Andy Saunders has a few short Minis under his belt..

It's fun doing wheelies in reverse!!

 

Always hated shortening in the middle,but shortening the overhang
sometimes works.
TwoChops

 

This was at the Hot-Rod-Arama back in 07

 

This one kills me... Its cool as hell. Now we gotta do that to our shop truck!

 

PERFECT. This car is awesome in my eyes...

 

I bet if a lot of those guys that shortened the tri five 4 door sedans back then, had realized they could have just scooted the middle door post back and filled in the quarter to make a regular looking two door sedan they would have..................on second thought maybe not considering the era and plenty of tri five chevys around to hack on
I would bet that most guys/gals today would choose that conversion over the shorty look
Today I personaly would rather have a 4 door than a shorty

 

Heres a some that iv seen




check out th cowl hood on this one

 

They're not ALL hideous! '56 Cad Sedan DeVille, 4 door hardtop, shortened 16", topless, w/s chopped 4".

 

And now for something completely ridiculious
(Not to sure where i got this pic, may have been here)

 

Hopefully mine will look less "like shit" when it's done. It's okay if it doesn't though, it's not for everyone...

 

Does this 4 door count?



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Friend & I cut back doors out of a perfectly good 55 wagon, summer '69.

It was an orange dune buggy, radiused wheelwells, dual rear tires.

Cruised Pismo Beach, CA in 1970-71. Fun wheelie machine.
Sold in Bakersfield early '72.

 

I just shortend mine in photoshop out of boredom... Don't think i went quite short enough with it tho... oh well i was fun.

 

That Cad looks good like that, but......... don't do it, that's a nice car.

 

The 55-57's were a lot easier to do with the straight frame rails. we did a 59 Chevy Wagon years ago. A lot of work to get the hourglass frame right it and get the front and back doors right with the fin starting in the middle. It was pretty wild looking and a handful to drive. Wish I still had it --would have made a sick altered as a track car

 

Shorten it about four more feet until the windshield glass meets the back window and it'll be a Cadillac bubble top.

 

Holy crap that actually has potential. Section it 4" and you have a mini-cad.

 

There are brand new steel 55-57 Chevy 2 door post doors availible to buy, and that's all you really need to convert a 4 door sedan into a 2 door sedan, therefore there is absolutely no need to cut up anymore tri-5's into clown cars.

Although I gotta admit, Nitrid's Caddy does look kinda awesome cut down like that. I might have to play with a couple other pictures to see what can be made.

I think one of the problems is people cut too much length out, enough to eliminate a whole rear door when really only a foot or less is necessary for the desired results.

 

this is what i started with...
For somereason I almost want to do this to my car. although i'd have no idea where to begin. I'm gonna start redoing this car in a week or 2. It's getting air ride, paint, losing some trim etc..

 

I was browsing through a circa-1960 Car Craft the other day and someone did this with a '56 Pontiac convertible, too - shortened and sectioned. Called it the "Papoose" .. although it looked more like just poop. Well, actually it looked mostly like a pedal car, with a too-big windshield screwing up the proportions.

 

holy shit!

 

How 'bout a '61 Imperial Southampton? Looks good with about a foot removed.

 

Sorry it does not work for me at all

 

There ia a 1950 ford on that site
that is shortned

Item number: 270333232241

i tried to post pis but having trouble today

Paul Jug

 

Ummmmm......

 

I see a 57 Chevy wagon here on L.I., it's at every car show with a for sale sign on it... probably still not sold.

 

You know this is not to bad i kinda dig it

 

That Caddy looks fuckin awesome.... fire up the smoke wrench!!!

 

This kinda reminds me of Purple People Eater. Is it possible Marky mighta seen this prior to building it? Axle?-Weeks

 

wheres the mystery mobile from Back to the fifties, I don't have any pics but that thing was hilarious