{"id":1934,"date":"2015-07-21T09:48:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customikes.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2015-09-27T10:43:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T17:43:43","slug":"split-window-chop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customikes.com\/?p=1934","title":{"rendered":"Prepping the 1938 Hupmobile rear window for David’s 40 Chevy :-)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customikes chopping and modifying David Wilson kool split window that he got from our mutual friend and Customikes DTM; Jim St Pierre<\/span><\/h2>\n

As many of you might have read before, We almost used it when we chopped Jim\u2019s 49 Mercury coupe. In the end Jim decided he liked the Merc window better, so he gave this 1938 Hupmobile split window, selflessly to David for use on his top chop!!<\/span><\/h3>\n

When I put it up to see how it met the 40 Chevy lines, we ended up with similar issues as we did on the Merc. The window have kind of \u201csad eye\u201d look and the bottom lip does not flow well with the Chevrolet lines,\u2026. Hmmm what to do ?!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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38 Hupmobile split window kustomization for David Wilson\u2019s 40 Chevy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well since I\u2019d already spent some time thinking about it during Jim\u2019s chop, I went with a similar solution. \u00a0I took out an inch at each place with the blue tape showing, cut reliefs in the bottom center at the base of the center post. (Make sure you select areas that have the closest match in contour on each side of the cut to minimize your fit work) \u00a0Then we rotated and compressed the frames into submission while carefully, keeping all 5 pieces in alignment. Now we start tacking it back together, while constantly checking it against the ride to make sure we are accomplishing our goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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38 Hupmobile split window kustomization for David Wilson\u2019s 40 Chevy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you can see below, Its now chopped about an inch and have a pleasing flow with the Chevy\u2019s roof lines =D<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From here there\u2019s many other boring grinding, shaping, straightening, shrinking\/stretching, filling and sanding operations to complete the swap out during a chop top, which we might show some of later as we make David\u2019s awesome \u00a040 Chevy 5 window into a 3 window chop top kustom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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38 Hupmobile split window kustomization for David Wilson\u2019s 40 Chevy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We hope that this little article at least open your mind to other kustomizing opportunities which you might not have considered for your ride<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for hanging at Customikes!!<\/span><\/h4>\n

Post by\u00a0K. Mikael Wallin\u00a0on behalf of\u00a0www.Customikes.com.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Customikes chopping and modifying David Wilson kool split window that he got from our mutual friend and Customikes DTM; Jim St Pierre As many of you might have read before,…<\/div>\n
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