Hi

Hey, stumbled across this forum while looking for examples of dodge kingsways that had been made into mild kustoms! Random I know. Anyways never found any but thought I'd join up anyways. My current love is a 55 1st series chev pickup - I rescued her from the states where she was slowly being turned into a lowrider.Plans at this stage include an altitude adjustment and new paint and interior Hope you all like her!

Hey mate welcome to the forums. Pics aren't working for me but it sure does sound cool. I also like dodge kingsways but can't recall seeing one kustomized I imagine they would make a fine starting point.

hmm - see if this one works! Think that other one is hosted on the H.A.M.B and wont link. Thanks for the welcome! Yeah was thinking a kingsway might make an interesting Kustom - does anyone know if they have a solid front axle or what the stock suspension setup is?

Theres a kustom kingsway 5 minutes from here. .

Gorgeous pickup, and welcome

thanks hewey! Just gotta get her on the road - the dreaded full rego, when you have a modified 50's car! lots of fun!
On a side note been gathering some cool bits and pieces for her lately! Scored a pretty nice set of sombrero caps off a 55 pontiac and some finned edelbrock valve covers showed up in the mail today!

Nice pickup there Hep. I like the choice of wheel colour with the wide whites! Welcome!

next weekend i'll be helping a friend chop the top on a 56 kingsway. will take pics during and post then up. alread has frenched headlights and will get a whole lot more done

Cheers

Mick

An advantage with 56 dodges is there low front screen, it looks already chopped and can be used to your advantage when doing a sensible height chop, sure radical chops look cool but there not overly great, when trying to view stoplights etc etc.

We chopped a 56 Dodge about 3yrs ago, luckily i'd done one previously so it came out a treat, but the distinct advantage was not chopping the front screen, the owner had a chopped P.U. already and had, had it radically chopped but he said viewing stoplights etc had been a pain in the arse, untill we had dropped his seat height.

This time around he wanted a slight chop 2-3"s and as we dropped the roof on his sedan we let (cut) the stock screen up into the header panel above, whilst leaning the a'pillars back only a few degree's so the screen wouldn't dominate the chop.

Basicly you mark out your intended chop on all the posts (i fab my own C-pillars) and on the front posts i mark a cut line around the windscreen so that area will be cut free without removing the (covered) screen , then you chop the top and as the roof comes down and you align the A-pillars leaning em back slightly . The stock screen then slides up into that thick roofline at the forward edge of the roof, trimming as you go. What you end up with is is a nice chop 2-3inches on the side and a screen that looks chopped but is a lil bigger than your average chopped gunslit , so this way every roof aspect flows along as it should.

Very cool pickup Hep and welcome

thanks all