Woolery added less than an inch to the top s length to make it right.
Body dropped 49 plymouth coupe chopped roof.
This is where the quality of planning for the chop shows up.
This is a 1949 plymouth special deluxe coupe chopped about 8 1 2.
Decent 49 body top has been chopped doors have been shortened on a later model car chassis 302 engine automatic trans power disc brakes project needs a lot of work to finish.
The roof is a major structural point of the vehicle once the roof is off.
The chevy roof grafted on would be killer.
When chopped the roof looks even flatter to me.
Original grille shell and front axle.
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Very cool customized original frame with dropped front x member and new leaf spring.
It took over a year to finish the roof chop on my car.
The inside of the roof just ahead of the b pillar shows a similarly limited amount of work.
The rest of the body will just fold outwardly if not held together properly.
Body is chopped filled channeled and is solid.
Make sure the doors line up properly before starting or they might just be worse when you finish.
I used two gallons of body filler on it and most of that ended up on the floor grated or sanded.
Again the bends in these strips.
Dig that rear window.
1930 plymouth 3 window coupe mopar hemi auto.
With that said let s get this chop started by showing the subject in its formal self.
I think the stock roof line is too flat across the tops of the doors and rear windows and the rear glass is too steep.
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It takes a month to finish weld the chop.
Finally it can take up to a year to finish the bodywork on a bad roof chop.