has anyone sectioned an early holden? i am sure someone has done it,but never seen it ??????????????
sorry i know its the best shape ever anyway but i am thinking about getting a basket case and doing some crazy choppin
Plenty of sectioned FJ's, lots more tried and abandoned no doubt.
This is probably the hardest thing to do to a car. I would guess if you have chopped a dozen or so roofs and made a few 2 doors, this would give you some idea of the difficulty of the task. Then multiply by 2!
Ken
There was a sectioned EK back in the late 60's.
Not seen this done to a FE FC though.
I would think your engineer may become your best mate if you want this legal, you will be seeing alot of him.
Regards
Alex
As Alex said there have been heaps of FJs and a few FBs and EKs and even Customlines start looking at early Australian HOT ROD mags and you will find quiet a few examples it does take a bit of experience but its not ROCKET SCIENCE have a go and tack one up don't fully weld and don't forget brace the car before you start cutting.......FC427.......
Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean when say you want to " section " a car ?
Do you add or remove sections of the car to make the body longer , wider , lower or what ?
I must be an old fart living in the dark ages because I have not heard of this terminology before.
Brad.
the sectioning i am talking about is chopping the car horizontally(although you can do it vertically) .my reason for having these crazy ideas is because an fe/fc looks so good. if you chop the roof i think the body should be lowered also.
i started with the dream of chopping the roof but have not seen a good chopped one yet.
my ute is too good to chop so i'm ready to start chopping a basket case.
i'm a fabricator for a livin and practice on other crap every day so a rusty body should be a good challenge
bracing the whole thing seems like the biggest torture to me.
i'm thinking sedan with 2 1/2 chop with 1 1/2 section
or go 3 to make people notice?
i really like a chop when you can't tell at first(less is more)
any comments appreciated
sorry fc427 i grew up on my dads 70s hot rod mags,i've seen em sectioned but not an fe/fc
Sounds like a huge job waynos.
I would radius the guards, lower the car and then pancake the bonnet and boot.
It would probably have the illusion of a mild section coupled with the right body mods, like frenching the headlights and maybe a subtle "fin" mod.
hmmm... lots of ideas.
Cheers
Ed
thanks ed
i would do all those things too
sure its a huge job but nowadays with photoshop it is much easier to work out these dimensional issues
the reason i wanna do it is because everyone says it's TOO HARD.
to me its only sheetmetal and i believe i have the experience so call me an idiot or call me crazy
now i am even more keen
honestly does anyone think it would work
Hey Waynos
Yes, it would deffinately work.
Darren from the Newsledder magazine did a photoshop version years ago and it looked good.
I have dreamt of the idea for years and like you have thought about getting a body to do some cutting and stand back and say go forward or not.
It works on shoebox fords etc, so the proportions would be similar.
Here's a few pics to help people understand the look.
(http://images.streetrodderweb.com/events/0801sr_02_z+8th_annual_syracuse_nationals+.jpg)
(http://images9.fotki.com/v165/photos/2/223020/1084187/DunnCompaired-vi.jpg)
A sectioned and shortened 55 Chev
(http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/C55_resized.jpg)
How about a 50 Olds going through the process.
(http://images25.fotki.com/v954/photos/2/223020/1084188/P7031955-vi.jpg)
Regards
Alex