top chop ?

[Allan Faust]

Here are the rest of em....

Allan

[rearview]

That chop looks real good... making me want to hack my 52.

Boy, would Michelle kill me.

[BobT-47P15]

Geez, Knighthawk........you could have made a 4 door hardtop out of it while you were at it. That would even be more unique.

[knighthawk]

actualy did think about, figured the windows would be too much work !

[BobT-47P15]

You are most likely right.........

[Ryan Robbins]

Wow, you made fast work of that. It wasn't too long ago you asked about chopping a 4 door, and now its chopped. Nice work looks great so far.

[knighthawk]

In the process of putting the interior or double wall of the roof back together, I failed to take note of where the roof bows go. I would like the location or measurements of the last two ( rear ) roof bow holes , center to center measurements, on the " 48 Dodge 4 door..... thanks.

[Norm's Coupe]

In the process of putting the interior or double wall of the roof back together, I failed to take note of where the roof bows go. I would like the location or measurements of the last two ( rear ) roof bow holes , center to center measurements, on the " 48 Dodge 4 door..... thanks.

When I removed the headliner bows on my 48 Plymouth coupe I marked each one when I took them out. While cleaning them up to paint them, I found numbers on the ends. Those numbers were the same as the order I took them out of the car. They are hard to see unless you remove the paint. They are stamped into the metal. #1 goes in front, then just follow the number sequence with the highest number at the rear of the roof. Check to see if you can find those numbers.

[knighthawk]

thanks but , what I really need to know is where the holes are for the bows . In the process of chopping the roof, the rear quarter window and opening has to be made smaller, resulting in cutting and repositioning the window opening. In doing so , I lost the location of the mounting holes for the roof bows .

[james curl]

I am amazed by the talent of the members of this fourm, nothing seems to deter them once they make up their mind to do something. Great looking chop job, the rear window looks good.

[M. Cross]

Wow! That chop job makes your car look JUST like my son-in-laws 48 Chevy Fleetliner that's slowly sinking into the yard behind my garage.

Regards! Mark

[knighthawk]

thanks for the complements guys! I know it dosen't sit well with some of the Mo Par purists, seeing it cut, but if you recall , it was only a shell to begin with. The most time consuming thing so far has been modifing or down sizing the windows and trim to fit the smaller openings. I got a lot of things in mind to try on this project, but seems as thou other projects keep popping up !

[Phil Martin]

A guy in our area chopped a 50 merc and made a 4 door hardtop, it really looks good. Also has a 50 merc 4 dr sedan chopped and a 53 ply 4 door. Runs 460 Fords in all of them, daily drivers.

[knighthawk]

Where can I get the rubber seals for the rear quarter windows for my '48 Dodge 4door ? Also can you tell me if itis a D 24 or what ? Steele wanted $169,( too expensive anyway ! ) but needed to know what model.. What parts company do you guys use ?

[Joel Torres]

i would not mind doing that to my spare 47 i took the liberty of cutting your springs and lowering her

[knighthawk]

O K , guys, queastion : I just put the dash back in place, to figure out the steering and pedal stuff, I notice there is a kinda cut out area in the grill , to the left of the speaker , just opposite the ash tray .. Some other kinds of cars had an optional heater control panel here, is that what this would be for ???

[Brad Lustig]

I quit following this thread early on, but just read back through it. Wow! You did a great job with keeping the lines looking good with your chop. Hard to do!

[Brad Lustig]

That's the place for the radio. There are plates that go in that spot, too. I have the delete plate on mine.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Guess you could put a radio there..but in reality the forward thinkers at Chrysler knew someday AC ducts would go there...(my mock up dash)

I hated the fact that the AC install would not allow the insertion of the factory radio..just not quite enough room under the dash for everything.

[knighthawk]

I'm also missing the high beam indicator. Is that available ? Again also, I noticed a smaal switch, with vacumn line ports, under the left side of the dash. Would this be for the washers ? I see that it has the nozzles up on top . What kind of pump did they use ?

[Brad Lustig]

I can't tell you what that switch is for, but it's not the windshield washers. That's a knob on the top center of the dash. And the D24's had electric motor washers. Actually, it may be for a washer jet... Is that what you're talking about?

[knighthawk]

the switch I'm referring to is ,is under the dash , on the left side, at the very bottom. It's just like a starter push button, only it has 2 ports on it , like would be for 1/8 '' ( or smaller )vacumn lines.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I believe you have found a washer pump..sounds very much like one I hve here at the house and I KNOW it is a washer pump.

[knighthawk]

just curious, Tim ,then I assume it's similar to the one in my ' 55 Merc ; it had vacumn to compress the spring in the pump, when released, the spring would pump the fluid out ?

[Plymouthy Adams]

They have check valves built in..(flapper) empties on the the push stroke..refills on the return stroke..at least this one does.