48 Chevy coupe chop
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March 5, 2016 at 20:15 #35728Kenneth KristianssonParticipant
Hi folks!
Got a 48 chevy coupe in for a roof chop a while ago and have been working on it for some time now. The owner have allready done some customizing to it and I will only do the chop job then he will finnish it by him self.He had a good vision of how he wanted the chop to look so I contacted Rik to make some photoshops. One request from the owner was that the quarter window could not be too small and Rik came out with some nice options.The car to start with
Here´s the version we decided for.
I have this adjustable support for the rear of the roof .
I cut out the upper quarter window bow from the roof along with the b-pillar.
March 6, 2016 at 02:56 #35732TorchieParticipantI’ll be watching this one. My first car was a 1947 Chevy. Bought it for $60 and drove it home. Try doing that now…..:)
Every time i see a coupe of this vintage I get the urge to chop it.
TorchieMarch 6, 2016 at 17:25 #35745Larry PointerParticipantRik’s photoshop magic gives a whole new flowing profile to the roofline. Like a 41 Buick chopped. Love it. And the work is in good hands now. Keep us on board, Ken.
March 6, 2016 at 20:16 #35756Kenneth KristianssonParticipantCut out 3″ in front vertical amount,lowerd the roof support 3 1/2″ then put the roof back and it looked really ok and all the measurements was taken from Riks photoshop. Instead of shortening the quarter window in bottom I split the upper bow and extended it to line up with the rear corner.Will make a new radius later on when everything is in place and aligned.
Made a new filler piece for the door window frame.
Filled in the gaps in the roof as well.
March 7, 2016 at 07:02 #35776Rik HovingKeymasterReally great to see the progress photos Kenneth.
Enjoy the beauty of Customizing
March 7, 2016 at 12:10 #35789mark wojcikParticipantGreat job designing that, Rik! and wonderful workmanship of executing it, Kenneth. Looking forward to the rest of the build!
March 7, 2016 at 15:18 #35802Fredrik WallinParticipantNice work!!
March 7, 2016 at 17:57 #358111952B3b23MemberGlad to see another thread by you Kenneth, you always do great work! On that note, looks awesome so far.
-Chris
"The devils in the details"
March 7, 2016 at 20:20 #35814MarieParticipantVery nice! Kindly post a photo when it’s done. 🙂
March 8, 2016 at 22:59 #35879Kenneth KristianssonParticipantThanks for all the kind words folks.Time to clean up around the rear window. I moved it forward 2 3/4″ and tilted it forward to where it looked right. The roof reached down over the window and the curve wasn´t all perfect. Was prepaired to make new roof panel and sail panels to make it ok again. Cut out a bit of the roof and the sailpanels and moved them around a bit and to my surprise they fit a lot better than I expected.
The roof panel I moved forward to where it lined up with the window frame and cut it of in front where it meets the roof.The sailpanels I moved a bit to the side and they fit really great too. All I had to do was to make a filler piece between the roof panel and sailpanels.
A view of the new roof line.
March 9, 2016 at 12:51 #35890TorchieParticipantLooks great Kenneth. Beautiful workmanship as always.
I like the larger rear quarter window as well. Sometimes on a chop they just look too small to my eyes.
TorchieMarch 9, 2016 at 13:58 #358911952B3b23MemberGreat work Kenneth!
-Chris
"The devils in the details"
March 10, 2016 at 20:56 #35937Kenneth KristianssonParticipantLooks great Kenneth. Beautiful workmanship as always.
I like the larger rear quarter window as well. Sometimes on a chop they just look too small to my eyes.
TorchieThanks Torchie. I agree with you about the quarter window.
Great work Kenneth!
-Chris
Thanks Chris.
Now it´s time for the cat walk.
March 10, 2016 at 22:24 #35941PalleJParticipantbeautiful work again Kenneth..this chop shows that more is not better..this is perfect height windows for the high Crown and thick roof. amazing how much longer the car looks
whats with the pipe…a former mexican bomb!?March 11, 2016 at 02:17 #35951Eric HParticipantAmazing work!!!
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