'49 Ford Coupe
Skip & Carol Hoffman
11/'87
Pull out the flathead V8
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12/'67
2/'88
Raise front spring perch to the top of the frame
5/'79
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11/'87 -
Ready for '73 Nova frame clip
11/'87 -
Disk brakes, power steering
11/'87
Body mounts
11/'87
Motor mounts
2/'88
Raise rear spring perch to the top of the frame
2/'88
"C" the frame to clear the rear end
5/'88
Back on the street - 350 Chev, 350TH, PS, PDB, lowered, drives great, driving it daily...
7/'88
Paint stripped, ready to chop
7/'88
Chopping started...
7/'88
Remove the rear window...
7/'88
Off with the roof...
7/'88
Cut the posts...
7/'88
Lay it back on to
get the right effect...
7/'88
Start with fitting the windshield posts...
7/'88
Lay in the middle "B" posts,
slanted to get the right look...
7/'88
Lay in the rear window for
the "look"...
7/'88
Gots to go outside to check...
7/'88
Trimming, fitting, checking the look...
It gots to "flow"...
9/'89
Let's try some '85 Cad Deville taillights...
9/'89
And remove the side air splits...
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11/'89
'59 Thunderbird bumper - narrowed,
'50 Packard grille...
11/'89
Extend the hood, tunnel the headlights
7/'90
Clean up the door gaps
7/'90
Late-model door latches
7/'90
Round trunk corners
7/'90
Sanding, blocking, sanding...
7/'90
'84 Monte Carlo dash + instrument cluster
7/'90
Fender skirt fabrication
Bend + weld some tubing
7/'90
Add some sheet metal
7/'90
Filler to level it out
7/'90
Primer, Voila!!
7/'90
Priming + blocking
Straight - ready for paint...
Someday...
Cadillac
tilt & telescope column
Fabricating the dash
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'49 Ford coupe, chopped top, 350/350TH Chev, power steering, power disc brakes, tilt/tele,
'73 Nova IFS + rearend, C'd frame, springs moved higher in the rear frame for clearance,
power windows, Toronado 6-way power seats, dark tinted glass, electric doors,
Monte Carlo gauges, '85 Cadillac taillights.
Drives great, burns the tires easily...