My CHOPPED FB wagon project

[NoMAD]

Nice work there Ed.. Love your old wagon aswell!

got to be happy there Mark.. and at a craking pace

Cheers
Nathan

[Grimbo]

VERY !!

[streetneat]

Gday Ed - good to see you're getting your hand in with some more serious customising! I noticed a few methods I used in the EK Van chop being put to use such as the rhs down the front screen pillars. Just be careful - once you start chopping stuff- its hard to stop!
Looking good!

Cheers and all the best -Streetneat -Andrew .

[Ed]

Hi all,

Thanks for the encouraging words.

Andrew, yep, after I cut it's hat off I thought OK this is the point of no return! Since then I've been having a ball. This forum has proved to be a great resource for chopping.

A very useful resource while in the garage has been LArry O'Toole's book "the Practical Rodders Guide to Chopping Tops". Years ago I decided I wanted to chop a roof after reading the article series on the 55 Chev wagon chop in ASR, this would have been about the same time your FC coupe hit the streets, but back then tackling a job this size was too much.

so after years of thinking about doing it, planning it and regretting not chopping my own wagon.. here it begins, thanks to Mark.

and here is the latest progress...

Split the roof rails longitudinally, tacked in both sides vertical pillars.
I have split the rail across and pulled the rear window section back in alignment on one side. At this point I must have sat and stared at it for an hour just dreaming... (pics to follow as my camera batt died)
Cheers

Ed

[minifb]

Hi all,
so after years of thinking about doing it, planning it and regretting not chopping my own wagon.. here it begins, thanks to Mark.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU WILL DO IT FOR HALF PRICE Sorry Ed cant help myself.Its looking awesome. Thanks. Cheers Mark

[Ed]

I meant... you trusted me to take the lid off your wagon

my thinking time is not charged... that's already half price!

all good, pulled the rail back last night and thought wow.

It will slow up a bit as I need to fix some rust while I have access to it.

Cheers

Ed

[mrs ratbox]

best way is to practise on somebody else's car if it all turns to sh!t you can just give it back and say sorry i had a go and it didn't work

doesn't look like this will be the case though

[minifb]

I meant... you trusted me to take the lid off your wagon

my thinking time is not charged... that's already half price!

all good, pulled the rail back last night and thought wow.

It will slow up a bit as I need to fix some rust while I have access to it.

Cheers

Ed

Your doing a great job.. and after you finisuh mine you should charge $100.00 lol

[EKjimmy]

this looks great so far! could always leave the roof skin off for a ragtop sunroof hot rod style

[FATBOY]

Rear door frames cut off getting them delivered to you ed pick up pm in Blakehurst
regards fatboy

[V8EK4us]

Great work Ed, very impressive to say the least.

Mark, you should have given Ed an EK then he would have to fix so much rust

[parisian62]

going great guns there Ed.

[Sputzwagon]

The Axeman is impressed, Ed.

Scotty.

[Harko]

Rear door frames cut off getting them delivered to you ed pick up pm in Blakehurst
regards fatboy

What a shame ,Ive got about 20 here

Do the screens suit a widened roof or pulled pillars because Id like to buy one ,would you have any details on them ?

And last question - when you do this one whats on your mind for your next project ?

enjoy.

[Ed]

Rear door frames cut off getting them delivered to you ed pick up pm in Blakehurst
regards fatboy

What a shame ,Ive got about 20 here

Do the screens suit a widened roof or pulled pillars because Id like to buy one ,would you have any details on them ?

And last question - when you do this one whats on your mind for your next project ?

enjoy.

Hey Harko,

RE: door frames, Mark arranged all that, I'm just the guy doing the work. I still need to get to your place to say hello.

Screens: I sure hope they suit a widened roof, bc I'm working on that assumption, Mark has the details... otherwise looks like I will be making a fibreglass mould.

Next project? I really don’t know. I contemplated a BMW 2002 at one stage, then I thought a VW Beetle, now in the Holden mind set… On top of all that, I just like to go dirt biking and ride my push bike and tinker on my rodeo from time to time. So I guess the next project will find me.
I’m just doing my bit at the moment on Mark’s project.

I’ve been following your project tho and it’s looking great. love your ideas and attention to style.


UPDATE: MArks FB.
Widened the roof rail, and lengthened it, reconstructing the base of the C pillar and fixing previous repairs.

Does anybody know if you can buy strips of the upholstery "tigers teeth" retainer?

Cheers

Ed

filler panel over windscreen.


filler panel over rear door.


C pillar with dodgey repairs.


C pillar inside needing reconstruction.


half done.


Does anybody know if you can buy strips of the upholstery "tigers teeth" retainer?