Lots of hours went into that conversion for sure.....and the 4 door seats and interior still need to be replaced.

Wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper to find a 2 door shell to start with?

I would have been happy to have the 4 door as it was, more unique.

Still has some work to do on that door alignment!

I'd have better things to do with my time and a car budget.

I also figure that's the reason he did it Mark

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A guy local to me is doing the same thing on a 56 Chevy.

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Presumably it's a sedan ("post") body?  A much easier conversion, as everything is common between 2 and 4 door sedans, except the doors, quarter panels, B-pillar, and interior parts.  '62-'65 Mopar B-bodies have the same situation, which is part of the reason you see a lot more 'Max Wedge' appearing hot rods out there these days (IMHO).

'68-'70 Mopar B-bodies share much less commonality, as evidenced by the pics Todd posted above.

As far as I'm concerned, I think it's time our hobby started to appreciate 4-doors.  One look at a nice example like our Monthly Feature Car, or George's clean '57 should be enough to convince most of that.

I think so, Todd.  I think most of us growing up associated 2 doors with high performance muscle cars and such, and 4-doors with our family cars - much less exciting to a car crazy teenager.

Overall I still prefer 2-doors to 4-doors, but there's much less of a gap between the two styles for me now.  Looking at these old cars from a nostalgia standpoint, seeing the 4-doors that my parents, aunts, uncles, or neighbors would have driven brings back a lot of great memories, and when looking at them through an adult's eyes I realize that some of the 4-door styles are quite handsome, or in some cases (like '55-'57 Chevys and Pontiacs) not really much different from a 2-door.  In some cases the 4-door version (especially some of the old 4-door hardtops) can be as attractive or even better balanced from a styling standpoint than their 2-door counterparts.

It's all about popularity and supply/demand I suppose, but I wish that more people could allow themselves to appreciate the 4-door more than they do.

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I think so, Todd.  I think most of us growing up associated 2 doors with high performance muscle cars and such, and 4-doors with our family cars - much less exciting to a car crazy teenager.

Overall I still prefer 2-doors to 4-doors, but there's much less of a gap between the two styles for me now.  Looking at these old cars from a nostalgia standpoint, seeing the 4-doors that my parents, aunts, uncles, or neighbors would have driven brings back a lot of great memories, and when looking at them through an adult's eyes I realize that some of the 4-door styles are quite handsome, or in some cases (like '55-'57 Chevys and Pontiacs) not really much different from a 2-door.  In some cases the 4-door version (especially some of the old 4-door hardtops) can be as attractive or even better balanced from a styling standpoint than their 2-door counterparts.

It's all about popularity and supply/demand I suppose, but I wish that more people could allow themselves to appreciate the 4-door more than they do.

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 I agree with all of Mark's comments on this subject. I for one always thought the 56 and 57 Chev Bel Air four door hardtops (sport sedan's) had a nicer looking roof than the two door hardtops and this is why i built a 57 version many years ago. Cheers.

Roof looks like it's off a 2dr ht and the doors are also. So they sacrificed a 2dr to build a 2dr???? Maybe they just had one lying around? As stated...wonder which tag they are going to use.... Is there a build thread on it? No matter what...a ton of work!