Thread: I'm new with a old car.

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O.K... well just accidently cam accorss this when suring the web for engine pics and alike. well lets see i just bought a old 4 door 1948 chevy fleetmaster with a inline 4 with a 3 on the tree. but its in bad shape. i picked it up for $400 bucks engine not running and it came with all the old chrome that has ust spots and dash and all that good stuff with plenty of rust to spare. So for the most part i have been planning to take it to a get a nice througho sand blasting to rid myself of rust. also was going to starting taking the engine apart and pray to god that there is still oil in the thing.
This thing must way like 5 tons i swear its the heaviest car i have every seen. but moving on. this old chevy is getting pretty hard to work on because of the summer heat in arizona is not perticularly nice to steel.
Frist of all down to buisness some of my friends say restore it make ir orig. but i dont really want to i want to make it my car something that is fun for me to drive and be in. i dont want to make it a car that im so anal about it i dont want people to breath on it. so i was thinking about chopping out the back doors and making it a two door and lowering the roof some to make it more of a hot rod but im afraid that i'll cut it like a drunk.
Any suggestions or comments i need some.

Welcome,,,And that sounds like a good plan Chopped and Doored.
There's plenty of info around on the net about Chopping the roof,,and filling the doors,,,oh,,and of course, the best help comes from this board.

Might be a lot easier to just start with a 2 door and use the 4 door for a parts car.

Here's a link to some info on chopping a roof,,,,it's a 48 Hudson,,but a lot of the techniques apply.
http://www.egbertsstreetrods.com/hudson.htm#chopped

Welcome to the board. Sounds like you got some big plans for that ride. The 2 door thing is possible, but extensive. I've never seen one with the factory front doors off the 4 door that looked right, except when they shortened the car overall. I have seen people graft on coupe doors and also extend the door with parts from the back door. I saw a thread on another board that was really good on the subject, and very detailed. I looked tonight, but couldn't find it. I'll look more tomorrow and if I can find it I will post it here. Tex Smith also does a line of books and eveidently there is a good one on how to chop tops. Good luck and welcome.