Traditional Ford Hot Rod: Chopping The Top 4 Inches!
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2021
- Traditional Ford Hot Rod: Chopping The Top 4 Inches!
I finally get around to giving the West Valley Prick a haircut! its been a long time coming and man does it feel good. A big thanks to all of you for watching and enjoying what i put out!
shout out to @MADFABRICATORSTV for the videos on Walden Speed Shop! This is where Bobby Walden talked about chopping doors first.
For more hot rod content check out these channels!
@ThisOldHotrod
@WiredCustomsSpeedShop
@IronTrapGarage
@MakeItKustom
Merch if you're interested!
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Of all the videos that I seen cutting the top of a vehicle this is the best l’ve seen , you did a very good job my friend excellent Fabrication, your one hell of an American God bless you my friend and thank you for sharing .👍
Thanks, out standing craftsman ship . God Bless!!!!
Never seen a pattern used to chop. Very detailed precise way to do it . Nice job as usual !!
That wood pattern blown my mind. Congrats, the chopp went perfect and nailed the stance. 👌🏼
That's the way I do a chop, start with the doors and make the top fit it. I make my cuts up high and make sure to align the window channel. Cut vertical and align the cut point. It's easier to remove metal than to fill gaps. Also when you cut a vertical line on the roof angle the line slightly angled so that it closes the blade curf gap. Always use the extra metal to your advantage.
Awesome video, never seen a chop like that. First class! Please get back to the shoebox
I do need to get back to the shoebox and get it chopped!
Travis, you are a top gun, wish i could give you a million likes 👍🏼
Thanks for sharing, Travis! The chop suits the coupe very well! I love the concept behind chopping the doors first! It really shows in your finished product! Looking forward to the finish welding video! Enjoy your week! Be safe!
Thanks Harry!
Top job mate I really like your low key videos no yelling and thinking there the greatest your skills are second to none👍all the best from down under 🇦🇺👍
Wow, thank you i appreciate the kind words!
Great job, love the way you did the doors first.
Thank you!
Another awesome chop! I think the 4" haircut was the right call. Love the music, reminds me of Clutch.
Excellent job! I learner something tonight!!
I just learned how to chop. I did mine about a year and and a half ago. I can really appreciate the work that goes into this. You did a great job!
Looking Great, keep up the good work!
I'm not sure..you don't do all the theatrics of the 'professional' builders..you just seem to do the job right. How good does that chop look!!!!
Awesome chop Travis I really enjoyed watching keep up the good work
Thanks rob!
That was a clean cut perfect.
Interesting how you cut the area around the side windows. Came out good though. Nice chop.
Probably one of the cleanest looking chops I’ve come across. Looks amazing.
The 4" chop looks great! Leaning towards doing the same amount on my sedan when I get to it.
My Harbor Freight air saw kept stopping and just air blew all the time. Bought an electric one and it works great, much better since I don't have to hear my compressor kick on repeatedly. Awesome video's, love watching this stuff! 👍🏼
Details on the electric saw. Thanks.
exciting work
Well done
The chop looks sharp! Nick job!
Congrats man looks great!👍👍👍
Looks Great !!!
Nice job Travis! Greets from Holland!
“Im from Holland isn’t that weird!” (Austin powers reference) Haha glad to see I have viewers in new places! I appreciate you!
Great video as always. Glad I found your channel. Your car is going to look great when you're finished.
Looks great son great job as always.
Love ya
Very cool!
The Chop looks really Nice !!! Good job!
Nailed it. Bout to chop my 30 Model A Coupe 4” as well. Thanks for all the good content and tips on the chop. Keep it up. 🍻
that's a sweet chop! glad to see ya work on your own car too.
Yeah I couldn’t take it sitting there all alone anymore
Looks awesome! Nice work!
Always take the time to get your project done nice chop looks good
awesome job. i did a VW beetle 30yrs ago and it was aa different beast
Mad skills man, bellos customs uses a air saw when he does chops also.
I saw him and figured I’d give it a shot!
LOOKS GREAT
Travis love the 4 inch chop.... love the way you cut the roof...... never seen it done before.... where do you get that idea?????? in the last video when you drill the holes for the screws for the hinges....you had a tool that you recessed the steel so that the screws would fit in there correctly...I asked you for the name of it you never got back to me I greatly appreciate that junkmando
Nice tidy chop with great explanation along the way! This video should be required viewing for anyone planning to chop their model A.
Let’s get it to 100k views!
Nice clean work as usual. Nice thought process and thinking things out.
Thanks for sharing!
No problem! No secrets here
Soooo nice! Fine job Sir!
Thank you sir!
Beautiful job and 4" is the sweet spot. 👌
Great job Travis , you killed It !!
I think so! Haha
Great chop i have a 27 model-T that im going to chop, Love the chop the doors first idea. Why didn't you chop it straight across the back instead of the tooth idea? Great job , great video
Gotta learn to enunciate them intros! haha Proud of you my boy! Great job!
I’m trying bud!
Looks bad ass!
That's a clean chop job
I enjoy watching all your videos bro great job watching from Fall River Massachusetts
Fantastic. Looks 100 percent better, and a very nice way of doing it.
I’m so happy I did it. Don’t know what I was waiting for
awesome chop travis !
Clean 🤘🏽
BADASS!!!!!
Thanks darrin!
Sweet chop
Thank you!
Love it
that is amazing nice job
Smokin' !!!
Nice work bro 🤙🏻
👍🏻Awesome job!!! Looks good!!!
Thank you!! 😁
With that much chop the whole car should be way lower ,,in my opinion
When I was getting the chop done on my ‘31 we went from 3 hinges to 2. It really cleaned up the side of the car.
I’ve heard of that being done. Maybe I’ll do it one day
Looks great Travis. Looking for a 28-29 cab, figure a 2" chop. Stay safe bro, Terry
Absolutely a awesome chop fit looks good
ChryslerSled Qld Australia
Man you do some nice work. Looks amazing.
That means a lot! Thank you!
Cool stuff man. I’m going to do a 2 inch chop of my 31 coupe soon. Just got my chassis from brookville roadster delivered!
Oh awesomeness!
Just found your channel today ( 11-17-21) very detailed and this is going to help me a lot .. I recently picked up a 1933 Plymouth 2 door sedan … Since I’m a big guy I need more room so my question is … have you ever widened a car ????
I have not widened a car before but it is doable. The tricky part will be getting proportions correct.
The door chopped first are smart, Bobby Walden uses the same method.
Would it work to tack the well fitting doors into place, 2-3 inch in the section that is to be removed, there by bracing the body for chopping? also would shimming to a tight fit, jack stands placed under the frame, there by stopping frame/body from flexing?
Travis, I am a kind of detail kind of guy, I do like the window track patterns that you made, awesome way to do that...the chop looks great!!!
Thanks, it’s my preferred way, won’t do a model a any different
@@RACGARAGE Travis, I finally bought a 30 A, I want to chop the top, but I was thinking only a couple inches, but after watching your video for the second time, I like the four inches, did you stick with the stock A chassis? I've got more questions that I will save for later
@@michaelguinn5736 I did stick with the A chassis, haven’t even boxed it yet.
Very Impressive! Thank you for sharing. How many hours does it take to chop a top? P.s I like the rug
On your first video when you were setting the body to frame I noticed differential had a splined shaft. What fitting was used on the spline end to connect with driveshaft? I was told there was only one Ujoint in the drive line to the transmission before it went through the Torque Tube. Did your differential use a Ujoint at both ends?
Splined shaft? Not sure what you saw, I have a torque tube so one joint on the transmission side
Travis how Many hours do you have in this chop? Looks awesome 👍🏻👍🏻
You make it look so simple and easy……BUT, it’s not!! Or at least it was never that simple and easy for me, so I just gave up on them in ‘97! Seemed like I’d measure 5 or 6 times, double check again, then cut…..and it still wouldn’t fit!!!! It takes more patience than I had to give!!!!! I’m jealous!!! 😤 😤
Thanks brother! It is an art!
Travis, great job!!! Just getting ready for my 4” chop. Can you share details of the door template for a first timer?
I’ll go over it in the next video for ya
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Got a 1930 model A 2 door sedan what would it cost to chop the top
Thanks for tagging me for a follow! I’ve been meaning to tag you back, I didn’t know you could do that until your last video haha
No worries man just figured I’d put all you guys in every description so people will have more content to watch!
@@RACGARAGE definitely not enough traditional hotrodders on here! 👍🏼
That "window measure/layout" system looks pretty clever and maybe even "foolproof" once it's understood but the craftsman doing the work. Could you devote part or all of a video explaining that process?? Seems like it would be very beneficial knowing how to do something like that and the process might even be applicable in other places.
That sheetmetal all lined up around the back window without needing to make any slits or ??? Did it need to be bent or pried at all?? That looks like it saved a "ton" of work!!! As always, very impressive work!!! Makes even all of us just watching feel good!!! 🌵👍👍👍🛠⚙️🔩🗜🌵
Thanks! These cars pretty much chop themselves. I am making more videos on the rest of the process, a lot more to come!
I know it's been a long time but you didn't happen to keep any of those parts you cut out in your chop did you? I have a pretty junky pile of Model A parts and I'm going to do a similar chop, mainly because my rear quarter window at the B-pillar is rusted. It's rusted right in the middle but might be a little more than a 4" chop which starts to get a little uncomfortable for a normal sized person. Excellent videos, by the way. I'm leaning heavily on these for my build.
I do have them all rhodealliancecustoms@gmail.com
I have to say I have never seen any of the other chops done this way also yes I liked Dave's Build but I have been watching to see the progression of this one but the other ones have been a good time breaker while waiting to see it lol
I’m glad you stayed and waited!
it's good viewing why wouldn't I
Chop looking good. I think you will be able to cruise it down the road before the snow flies
I hope so and if it is snowing well too bad I’ll drive it anyway!
Very nice job! Out of curiosity, how many blades did you go through with the air saw?
I think about 3 or 4
I had a 66 VW beetle when I was stationed in Millington Tn. back in '76 ,her name was Mabel . Just sayin'.
Ever had metal removed from your eye? I have 2 times. Now I wear safety glasses every time I cut or grind.
A few times actually. Guess I don’t learn lol
What can you say about this build well Awesome Agressive Cool as comes to mind
Good decision to chop 4”. Chopping the doors first is the best way to go and that staggered cut really worked out well, no relief cuts. How many hours did it take to get to that point?
Excellent craftsmanship and another great video!
I would say it took about 8 hours of planning cutting and fitting
That’s pretty quick, years ago I took my coupe to a shop that quoted me a price and said it takes 30-40 hrs. I had the skills to cut and weld but I never did a chop before. I took my time and did it in 16 hrs and was happy with the results. Never used or recommended that shop….chop shop. lol
@@philrainey805 well the rest of the finishing will take a while. He wasn’t far off. Getting the top cut and tacked back on is the easy part
@@RACGARAGE Ok, that makes me feel a little better about his quote. I know quality work takes time.
Did you do the luvers on the trunk?
I did not unfortunately. It was one of the first hot rod parts I ever purchased from an older hot rodder
YEAH! LOKS MEAN FROM ANY ANGLE.
Does anyone chop at an angle ? Like say 4 inch front to 2 inch back ?
I’ve seen a few with a wedge chop but they don’t look that great honestly. That’s probably why no one does it.
@@RACGARAGE Ok, never seen it that's why I asked. Thanks
I’m impressed with condition of body and wood, have you replaced wood, eat job
Wood has been replaced and the body is from Arizona!
Do you have an engine hoist?
I do not, I use my chainfall
Sooooo....you're sure the "West Valley Prick" is the car? Right? 'Cause I'm a pretty nice guy....
FUCKING BITCHIN’. Dude it looks awesome.
On a 4” chop I prefer the rear window to be 1/2 of the 4”….. Just me….
to me you should have left it full size, but that's me
Killer
Anybody aware if any crazy ass bastard out there ever made one taller?
next time instead of chopping add 4 inches :)>
Lmaooo
Enjoy your videos. Can’t stand that tedious “Elevator Hard Rock” soundtrack.
I’m trying some new stuff now, different type of elevator music haha. It’s hard to find good music without copyrights.
That time lapse sucks
Yeah it does. I thought it would have came out different but that the only footage I had so I had to put it in. Next time it won’t be so car sick inducing lol
Yoo ruined and wrecked a classic piece of history 😢. So sad to see such a beautiful car chopped and ruimed.
glad you liked the video lol
Looks awesome!!!