Ray: The Porsche. I paid 500 bucks for that car. I was driving it going 60 miles an hour down the hi ...more

ghway one day and spotted a ’48 Chevy coupe in a back yard, off in a field. I thought “There’s what I need.” He wanted ten bucks for the car, but I told him I only wanted the fenders. So I went home, got my torch and came back and cut them off. And that’s what I made for the front end of the Porsche. It was a ’52 or ’54 Porsche, I’ve forgotten. It was a unique car. It had a bead windshield, the glass from the factory was heated and folded in the middle.

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Hi! Ray Erickson here--Guess I'll start this pic site off with -My 1960 Engli ...more

sh Ford chop-- I chopped it 5 1/2"'s--- I also lengthened the complete back of car 14"s --Quarter panels, the works, rolled pan,inset license plate ,custom ends on fenders,-- Chopping a 4 door is never easy. You can't just move the roof forward,, You have to split it into 4 pieces-and spread them out.. Study the picks, maybe you will see what I mean----Note here -I usually do my own hood louvering,, but I had"Ray Farhner" Do this hood--That is Al Lawsons chopped 53 Stude in the background--He is flagman on the cover of
"KCTA' Guide book --The booklet with the red cover---------------------------------------------------My wife had a baby, I took vacation-she stayed in hospital about 4 days[they did back then] I babyset our other 2 kids {sent them to school day time} Went to work & chopped this English ford ,took care of kids,& wife * new baby when they came home-& completed chop to primer & drove it back to work 2 week's later