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Discussion in 'Traditional Customs' started by tudorfritz, Jan 10, 2017.

  1. Excellent work, IMHO your proportions for the chop are spot on, seriously thought about that for mine. Still thinking in fact. Thanks for the updates and progress reports.
     
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  2. Tom. C
    Joined: Aug 24, 2016
    Posts: 23

    Tom. C

    Did I read correctly was this originally a four dour? What color is the model A? I've been looking for a color for my shoebox and I really love that color. Beautiful work on everything, Kudos.
     
  3. No, the car was never a four door I've just had a few guys say they thought it was at one time. The Model A paint color is Washington Blue.


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  4. texasred
    Joined: Dec 3, 2008
    Posts: 1,202

    texasred
    Member
    from Houston

    Fritz are you still with us, would like to see some updates on the finished car
     
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  5. I would like tudorfritz to drop down to Texas and chop a 50 I have so I do not have to (what can I say I am lazy)
     
  6. I'm still here! I've been trying to get out to the garage most night. I only work on it about a hour and a half at a time. This working for a living is cutting into my garage time way too much lol.
    I have the drivers side B post and the door top finished up.
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    I made templates off the passenger side so the curves will be as close as possible from side to side.
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    I always try and make the inside of the door look as close to factory as possible. I hate when you open up a door of a car and someone cobbed it up and you can't see the skin edge on the inside.


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  8. Lol, I might have to move in with you for 6 months to finish it ha ha.



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  9. Mule Farmer
    Joined: Jun 1, 2005
    Posts: 1,508

    Mule Farmer
    Member
    from Holland MI

    Great work looks really nice. I agree with you. The work in the inside of the door jam is the difference between I very nice job and a hack job.

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  10. joeycarpunk
    Joined: Jun 21, 2004
    Posts: 4,446

    joeycarpunk
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    from MN,USA

    Man this is looking really nice.
     
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  11. I love your attention to detail!
     
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  12. Fedcospeed
    Joined: Aug 17, 2008
    Posts: 2,011

    Fedcospeed
    Member

    Keep on keeping on Scott. Our visit over gave Geoff some inspiration.He absorbs things like a sponge and uses that for his truck project. He really doesnt need any kick in the butt to work on it at all.

    My Olds yells at him from the shed every time he walks by it on his way to the shop out back. We are both lucky we haven't had to nudge our boys into this stuff.Go Karts didnt hurt;). Hope to see your gang at the Open Wheel Room next month. Jim F
     
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  13. Malcolm
    Joined: Feb 9, 2006
    Posts: 8,032

    Malcolm
    Member
    from Nebraska

    That's a good looking chop -- well done!
     
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  14. ModelAPunk
    Joined: Aug 4, 2009
    Posts: 2,063

    ModelAPunk
    Member
    from Buffalo NY

    Lookin good Scott! Can't wait to see the final product!
     
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    Got the back of the quarter window finished up.
    Last night I started laying out the back window placement.
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    I have the window moved forward about 3 1/2". I wanted to kind of split the difference between a sedan and a coupe. I'm probably gonna stare at it for a few days and fine tune it a little before I make it permanent.


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  16. Finnrodder
    Joined: Oct 18, 2009
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    Finnrodder
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    from Finland

    Nice work!
     
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  17. edwardlloyd
    Joined: Aug 2, 2003
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    edwardlloyd
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    from Germany

    Love it. Two door shoeboxes never look right stock.
     
  18. kbgreen
    Joined: Jan 12, 2014
    Posts: 341

    kbgreen
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    1. Georgia Hambers

    Your welding and finishing skills are killer.
     
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  19. Pete
    Joined: Mar 8, 2001
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    Pete
    Member

    Pretty hard to beat a chopped shoe box. Fantastic work.
     
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  20. 1-SHOT
    Joined: Sep 23, 2014
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    1-SHOT
    Member
    from Denton

    Your are making awesome progress, keep up the good work. Frank
     
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  21. I got the back window set to where I want it. [​IMG]
    I covered it with masking tape to get a better feel for how it's gonna look. I ended up moving the window forward 4" at the bottom.
    I have the left side sail panel roughed in. I spent about two hours wheeling it, it's pretty close. The black marker lines are where it's gonna get trimmed and spliced into the roof. [​IMG]


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  22. Very nice work that is impressive! Hobo Jim
     
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  24. tommycarpunk
    Joined: Oct 5, 2008
    Posts: 8

    tommycarpunk
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    from Milaca, MN

    Looking good!
     
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  25. triman62
    Joined: Sep 2, 2013
    Posts: 277

    triman62
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    Awesome work, good looking chop top.
     
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  26. Baumi
    Joined: Jan 28, 2003
    Posts: 3,043

    Baumi
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    Your doing an awesome job! Very nice!
     
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  27. Von Brush
    Joined: Nov 20, 2016
    Posts: 116

    Von Brush
    Member
    from Corfu, NY

    Will try to look you up SAT at car show in Hamburg. Thanks Tom Hamilton aka von brush

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  28. I haven't gotten much done in the last two weeks. Last week I cleans the shop up and got the Model A out for a show. Last Friday while I had my trailer hooked up I went and picked up a lift.
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    I spent three nights putting it together and setting it up. [​IMG]
    Back to work now. I got the left side sail panel trimmed and tacked in place. [​IMG]
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    Working on the right side now, hoping to have it all tacked together by the end of the weekend.
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  29. The 39 guy
    Joined: Nov 5, 2010
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    The 39 guy
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    Nice work. Great presentation of your work! Thanks for sharing!
     
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  30. Those lift will spoil you , I started with an old Walker muffler lift fron the 40's( has I-beam sides and a skate board for front end) still use it regularly . Then added a 2 post lift 8 years ago. Now I want the 2 post articulated arm from Nussbaum like they have on wheeler deals show on velocity but boy is it pricy!
     
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