Torchie needs a meeting followed by a 7-11 to hold up..

[earthman]

just passing by i will whisper....sedan delivery........

 

[Old Iron]

The small amount of chop, the leaning forward of the posts look great.

 

[Burgerman]

Looks like a Chev front clip on one or two of those examples you found in post #13 Torchie. Figure you will keep this build all mopar tin.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Still chopped with some skirt added.

Sectioned from line to line, straight thru the hood...

Z cut, thru the rear fender and again thru the cowl/hood.

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[Torchie]

Looks like a Chev front clip on one or two of those examples you found in post #13 Torchie. Figure you will keep this build all mopar tin.

I think a couple of those were later years suburbans Burgerman. They made them from 49-54. The last couple of years the Plymouth front ends took on a different shape. GM look for sure.
Thanks Crank.
I like the first one. Straight thru the hood and leaving the rear fender intact.
Kind of looks like a "Little Brother" to my Dodge. [ddd [ [
Torchie

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Thanks Crank.
I like the first one. Straight thru the hood and leaving the rear fender intact.

Me too. (I tried several things including thru the front fender, which looked awfully awful.)

just passing by i will whisper....sedan delivery........

No section, no chop. (Needs the sign space. )

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[Torchie]

Thanks Crank
That was my dream at one time .
Torchie

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

That was my dream at one time.
Torchie

Mine as well. A short stay in collision repair changed my tune... in hindsight, I shoulda jumped a bus for SoCal.

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[Torchie]

Mine as well. A short stay in collision repair changed my tune... in hindsight, I shoulda jumped a bus for SoCal.

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Torchie

 

[Old Iron]

 

[Neto]

How would it look if, with the mild chop, you leaned the whole rear area forward (instead of just the top 'hatch')? Too much like a Nomad copy? (The tail gate just looks too vertical to me, but I have absolutely no experience with this type of customizing.)

 

[Torchie]

How would it look if, with the mild chop, you leaned the whole rear area forward (instead of just the top 'hatch')? Too much like a Nomad copy? (The tail gate just looks too vertical to me, but I have absolutely no experience with this type of customizing.)

LOL. As always. All opinions welcomed.
That Idea has been tossed around a bit in my brain, Neto. But like my Dodge., if I was to do this I don't want to knock all the MOPAR out of it.
Here's a pic of the Corvette Nomad. It shows the slanted rear tailgate area you speak of.[cl
Torchie

 

[Torchie]

Time to put an end to theses foolish dreams.
Talked with the brother that owns the wagon. Not interested in selling as it’s “ been here longer then I have”
IHe said it was his Grandfathers. I of course hit him with the “ wouldn’t really like to see it fixed up” line. But to no avail.
Time to get back to the Dodge. Just got some headlight rings off eBay
Thanks for all the comments and the photo shops
Torchie

 

[Skip]

Well, that was fun. [cl[cl[cl

 

[Neto]

LOL. As always. All opinions welcomed.
That Idea has been tossed around a bit in my brain, Neto. But like my Dodge., if I was to do this I don't want to knock all the MOPAR out of it.
Here's a pic of the Corvette Nomad. It shows the slanted rear tailgate area you speak of.[cl
Torchie

Yeah, the Nomad was a distinctive look, but I was thinking less over all slant - more just to match the forward slant of the B & C pillars as the others did it on their photoshop mild chops. Maybe that would make so much slant that you would have to shorten the roof.
Anyway, I know the deal is off, but was nice to see the ideas floated about it.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

I'll bet it goes to the crusher, eventually. How would Grandpa feel about that?

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[Torchie]

Who knows. Crank
It was a long shot. The one brother would have named a price in a heart beat. But it’s his older brothers car and he said no .
Another direct quote from him was “ I can’t imagine it going any where.”
I’ll keep an eye on it but I doubt it gets crushed. More likely it will just return to the earth
I may be back there on Sunday to see what’s left from the 49 Dodge that I got the extra doors from last year. It’s a Wayfarer so it’s a different wheelbase the the Coronet but some stuff will exchange
Torchie

 

[Bamamav]

It's sad some people are like that. They'll hang on to it until it's not worth anything. Seen it happen around here a few times.

 

[Torchie]

It's sad some people are like that. They'll hang on to it until it's not worth anything. Seen it happen around here a few times.

Same all over Bama. Plus this is a junk yard. They are supposed to sell stuff
Torchie

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

A little salt in the wound.

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