Chopping '39 ford coupe?

I'd do it like this. The pre-Hollywood Knights look is better than it looked in Hollywood Knights. IMO

 

What magazine issue is that....I need it.

 

That is so uncalled for .........keep the comments to yourself.

 

madwagon56 posted it on the thread http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=50877

It's the January issue of Rod and Custom in 1968

 

Look up Zibo's thread about chopping one.

 

I have the doors and decklid you need.

 

Don't chop it. Ford got the 39-40 models just right. They don't look better chopped, just different.

 

this is one great chop my god it looks perfect!

 

Sorry for my blunt honesty, I can't imagine taking what is arguably one of the most beautiful fords ever made and changing it like that. Again, sorry I don't agree with you that it looks nice.

 

39 merc is 4-6 inches wider at the cowl.

 

we gotta keep this going!!!!! i dont know how much to chop my 39' standard coupe!!

 

so did you end up choppin it javiern?

 

Way back when I had a good friend (RIP) that had two chopped '40s. Both had the quarter windows filled the cops were so rad. Sorry to say, I didn't like either one. My '40 coupe was not chopped and nothing spectacular but the lines were unspoiled. Get yourself some fourdoor front doors, grind off the top trailing edges some and hang them---I gotta go along with the crowd that says "do not chop", but it's your car.

 

39 Ford coupes look better as hot rods.....http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143835

 

nah... they look nice as Hot Rods.... but so much better as Custom Car!

 

agreed Rik,

I always think of this old teen angel drawing...

 

so 2+ years later...did it get chopped?

 

To each his own...

 

Scott Guildner chopped Verne Hammonds 40 Ford coupe, Scott has the "best eye" on chops.

 

OP was last on the HAMB Aug of 2017..we may never know if it ended up with a chop.

 

He didn't want to know if he SHOULD chop, he asked how to do it!!!!

 

OK, Since nobody has given you an answer that will actually help you I guess I will. I have never chopped a 39/40 coupe but here are two excellant sources. Right here on the HAMB there is a current thread on custom 40s. One of the posts has several pictures of the most difficult parts of the chop, no instructions but it should be self explainatory. Also about a few years back Street Rodder Magazine had a series of articles on chopping a Dennis Carpenter reproduction 40 coupe with pictures, instructions and commentary. IT would also pay to get several good books on chopping tops so you could see just what is involved in various chops. Good Luck!!

 

Don't

 

Do it... Do it right!

 

Hammer it....!

 

Yeah... like that! Nicely done!!

 

Yes, that is the easy way to do it by breaking it in steps, chopping the structural components first then filling in the blanks with the sheet metal. Makes it a smoother catwalk transition.

 

Marshall, can we have a straight from the side pic?