41-48 Hair cut, questions before i get myself in to deep

Hi Kristopher !

Chopping a -41 Ford club coupe , an icon custom body , can you show any pictures ? I chopped one together with a friend who owned the car . See the pictures at: Fredrik Westergren’s ’41 Ford Club coupe , since he wanted a hardtop version we didnt get into using the stock posts which would be possibly easier but I dont know , -41-48 Ford club coupes need a resize rear sidewindow since the top follows the A-pillars , -41 Ford Club coupe is also unique since it has a sharp top to “catwalk” mating , not a smooth radii like the -41 business coupe , if I remember right we made that shape in sheetmetal . I see the pictures you posted from the chopping class , it seems to be a mild chop , not something like Jesse Lopes so it depend on what you want . Ofcause its personal taste and the lower chop you want to do the more rework is needed to make the lines work . Another big thing when it comes to FoMoCo cars of the era and specially -41-48 Ford club coupes is that the tops slant forward in a crazy angle which opts for chopping much more in the rear then in the front , my personal rule of thumb is that the side window opening and the top skin needs to peak around the center of the door , looking at the traditional builds of the era looked like that was a goal . I suggest you study pictures of those custom car builds thoroughly , see them in Riks Fotki archive: 1941 Ford coupe Jesse Lopez – Barris   ,  1942 Ford Marcia Campbell – Barris , not easy to see how to achieve the end result shown but you need to take it slow and in an orderly fashion deal with one problem at the time . Another good idea is to roll out the car and see it from a distance , I go 8-10 yards away , line up the B-pillars and bottom edge of the door window openings , to see the top shape and side window openings in that angle makes it easier to imagine the top shape of the chop . Besides the actual topchop there is several things that needs to be done before cutting the top of , lining the doors , bracing the door openings and B-pillars , making a fixture holding the rear window frame , not easy to work inside but crucial to hold the body in place during the chop … Then there is the shaving of the driprail that seems to upset alot of people , all trad kustoms (meening those built back in the 40ties and early 50ties)  seems to have them removed , I love that modification , but maybe not for everyone , lol ! What was the rear window in the chop-class -41 Ford business coupe ? chopped -37-38-39-40 Ford rear window ? I chopped down the rear window frame in Kent Vikmos -40 Merc before it was inserted into the chopped top , still on a -41 Ford I like the round shaped stock rear window and easier to fit into the round rear shapes of the chopped top .

Wolf