'46-8 Ford chop rescue

[sammons]

Thanks fellas.
Chopper I'm still learning, I don't think car guys ever stop. That's what is cool about this site, all kinds of different talent!   
Vette, every car is different. I take a lot of pics and look at them at night to decide what to do tomorrow.
Sixball, I wish he had the money to finish this Ford right. I wish I had the ability to do it for him. It may turn out real nice, but chances are it will get passed on before completion. Your right, probably a year from now nobody will think twice about it, or how it came to be.

Well I spent most of friday trying to get the body lines I wanted, but now I have what I want.(to hell with everybody else, haha).    I kept cutting tilting and moving the top back till it went Bingo. Spent this morning getting the suface rust off the rear top, till it got hot. The center missing section(represented by cardboard template) will come from the original front section.
Start pic first to compare, reminds me of a Ute.

[FATnLOW]

Sammons...Don't you love it when a plan comes together........As for the weather.. it went from cool to plain ass hot here..

[EDNY]

Sammons, I envy your talent, your work space & how clean your work space is!

[sammons]

I had to take some time off, over did it a bit.     I decided the rear hacked up panel had to go, so I cut it out and made a new one. Wire brushed the inner and got a coat of paint on it. I overlooked the width of the center top panel, it was an 1 1/4" to narrow.     So I separated the rain gutter with about 3/4" of top attached. I'll just have to build two small filler pieces.

[madmike3435]

SAVED !   

[TFoch]

Wow, nice work!!!

[62131]

Yes very nice

[vette59jdwl]

I wish i was around your shop  Unfortunetly I am on the road  vette59jdwl

[FATnLOW]

Nice..coming together

[sammons]

I did get the front pillars and winshield opening welded up monday morning. Got started making patterns for the qtr window. Kept moving things around till the window open followed the curve of the drip rail. I just want to cut the real thing once!

[FATnLOW]

Dang Steve that looks really good ...like your idea on the template for the quarter window...looks like it flows with the top..is that a larger opening than the one on the original chop

[62131]

The owner should be very pleased of the rescue job you did

[sammons]

Ed, it's probably 6" longer than it was.

Thanks 62131. He was in monday morning, said he couldn't believe the difference it made in just the new lines. Said he was really happy with it, and hopes he can finish this one.

[TFoch]

Wow, looking real good.  What a difference.

[chopper526]

That looks great, Sammons! I think elongating that quarter window was smart.