Chopping AMT 37 Chevy Coupe

[Chevy II]

I am looking for any information about chopping the top on an AMT 37 Chevy coupe model. I have done a couple, 32 Ford coupe & 34 Ford pickup. They were pretty straightforward, but this one looks more challenging. Want to keep the quarter windows & not fill them in. 
Any help with pictures would be appreciated. 

[sidcharles]

YT seems to have missed this opportunity.

i found this while looking:   https://www.customcarchronicle.com/custom-cars/history-of-the-chopped-top-01/

 

Edited Friday at 05:57 PM by sidcharles

[NOBLNG]

Here’s one thread I found on the subject. https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/179380-37-chevy-rod-how-low-can-you-gow/

[bill-e-boy]

The article Greg linked shows a very radical cop and an even more radical (body) section. The method of inserting spacers between the A&B and B&C pillars is the (correct) method I would use. The 37 Chev usually does not chop well IMO - but take it just as that - my opinion

The rest of the kit is a bear to build where the biggest issue id to get the fenders, body and chassis to mate together nicely. Hence I have only built a couple of these over the years

There was an article in one of the rod mags yonks ago and to help with some of the proportions of the top cut the doors were extended. The doors are fairly short even by coupe standards 

Good luck

[sidcharles]

59 minutes ago, bill-e-boy said:

. . . . . .  some of the proportions of the top cut the doors were extended. The doors are fairly short even by coupe standards 

didn't that interior have some of those side mounted jump seats?

may as well ride in the rumble.

[bill-e-boy]

Can't remember the seal detail as it was a long time ago - I think it would have been Street Rodder as that was the mag I was getting back then

But the door stretch made a difference.

I think the sideways jump seats were normal - I don't know lots on old Chebbies - I am a Mopar man

[Chris V]

3 hours ago, sidcharles said:

didn't that interior have some of those side mounted jump seats?

No - That would be Monogram’s 1939 Chevrolet Coupé, you’re thinking of.

[Chevy II]

Thanks everyone. I watched a couple YouTube videos of real coupes being chopped. They were all fords, but similar body form. And the one article shows it’s possible. 
I found a drawing of a 37 Chevy fenderness lowboy that I’m going to try & build. 

[customline]

16 hours ago, Chevy II said:

Thanks everyone. I watched a couple YouTube videos of real coupes being chopped. They were all fords, but similar body form. And the one article shows it’s possible. 
I found a drawing of a 37 Chevy fenderness lowboy that I’m going to try & build. 

Here's photos of a '37 Stovebolt rolling down a VA highway. I used these photos to build one in 1:25. It appears to be un-chopped.

 at least the roof isn't.

Edited Saturday at 04:51 PM by customline

[Ulf]

There is a build somewhere online featuring a 1937 Chevrolet coupe with a chopped roof from AMT's 3 window 1936 Ford. I seem to recall that it was jet-powered, but regardless of the propulsion, the Ford roof was a perfect fit.

[Mark]

Costly research if you haven't got the magazine, but there's an issue of Rodders' Journal with a center spread of a beautifully chopped '37 Chevy coupe in bare metal (or "baremetal"; RJ always printed that as one word).