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wow. when a chop that's been deleted gets vastly more views and replies than a post WITH chops, I guess it's time to move on, lol. my work can always be found at my blog. the address is below.

Sedan De Ville 6 window sedan. DTS Old-School based. would be additional bodystyle to the more private 4 window sedan. This chop, and the Coupe De Ville below, mark a return to Cadillac's V-and-Crest logo for the De Ville models. Top of the line models would continue the Wreathe-and-Crest, and performance models would continue with the V-Series and Wreath nameplates. There would be no performance De Villes, but possibly hybrids. Coupe De Ville. It wouldn't be Old Old-School without rear fender skirts. Glass roof and pillarless greenhouse add tons of light to the cabin. ATS sedan. New-School entry-level 4 seater. Slight fish-eye lens effect adds to the dramatic coupe-like styling of this rendering...

Taurus SHO Interceptor Beside the obvious two-tone and chopped roof, I changed the contours of the rear bumper which I think lightens up the back quite a bit. B O N U S chop Fairlane Victoria Coupe a rear wheel drive mid-size 4 door sport sedan, the final clay of the new four door coupe.

i would like to have seen it. don't worry about the naysayers... i like your work.

i missed this roadster the first time around. I love it! I really like the low grille. great job~

I like Drum's idea of a backlit character also. The "R" model could be red, for the 'hot' sport character. The luxury Lincoln TC replacement, whatever it will be, could be a great Emerald Green, or perhaps another dark luxurious gem color. Special models could use a cool blue-ish white color. Each car line could have its own main color, and then an overall 'special' color for sports models. My old '83 Riviera had a small backlit "R" logo on each C pillar that everyone thought was tastetul and cool.

i LOVE it! i like everything about it, the way you drew it, the design, the thoughts behind what you did and why. absolutely stunning! i think the 'flying buttress' corners could really work! my '68 Caddy back in the day, couldn't go through the automatic car wash in town because of the way the dual vertical headlights 'cut back' into the grille. in plan view, those headlights were really pushed out at the corners. the brush mechanism of the car wash would get caught in the recess after it moved around the headlights. as long as your corners aren't that deep, lol! bravo!

we're always our own worst enemies. don't even think about quality when you're drawing or creating. that's for someone else to determine at some other time, if ever. the important thing is doing the creating for yourself. whatever comes next isn't in our control!

wow! classic proportions make for grand modern cars! definitely out of the mainstream, and i like them for that! That thirties rear fastback-to-the-ground is hot, as are the suggestions of flowing fenders. thanks!

i think the MKT is actually the best interpretation of the new design language. I love the dramatic grille and I think the sides and the rear make for a very distinctive wagon. There is a white one in town, the EcoBoost version with a black glass roof. it's STUNNING. i really think a Town Car based on MKT details and shape could be awesome. I've done a few, nothing perfect yet!

i like the current twingrille, but maybe the center section could have some sort of an aluminum insert behind the star logo, like Culong did on one of his recent Lincoln Town Car chops. the back would probably have wall-to-wall taillights set high up in some manner.

Chop based on photo of the 2011 Infiniti M. This would be a rear-wheel drvie replacement for the long-departed LS as well as the current Fusion-based MKZ. It would come in every form, from hybrid 4 to a new dohc small block V8. Perhaps the Lincoln designers saw some early renderings of what the new XJ was shaping up to be when Jag was still owned by Ford, and adopted a similar profile for this new MK-Zephyr. Yes, Lincolns would go back to names, but with MK prefix attached. the tagline paraphrases a saying by Rose Kennedy, the mother of the slain President. Since Kennedy's legacy is so entwined with those slab-sided, suicide-door Lincolns from the "Camelot" years, I thought a quote from his mother would be appropriate here.

I'd like to see that drawing if you can find it, see your thoughts on the Duesy. I really liked that Stutz too! Some of them were customized to a tacky degree, and they were really only Pontiac Grand Prixs underneath (and interiors), but the lines were so dramatic and attractive! I have an old brochure from the late '60s, I think just before production started, or at the very beginning of it anyway. here's an 'artsy' photo of it and a clear shot of the black and white press material. Notice the rear trunk design without the spare tire, pretty accurately predicted the '74 Buick Riviera, 5 years before it came out! I've always wondered if Buick designers used that Stutz rear as inspiration for the post-boattail facelift.

thanks! i really enjoy making cars I'd like to have in my own driveway! i see in your sig you'd like to resurrect Duesenberg. I'd love to also! You know about the '66 version by Exner, right? It was GORGEOUS! I still think it could sell today with this body. Exner Duesenberg have you seen this Packard V12 coupe i did a few years ago? I had cars like this '66 Duesy in mind when I did it. I was also thinking about great ol' big American coupes like the Continental Mark IVs and Vs of the '70s.

Taller, Shorter, Bentley 5 door Touring Hatch, the Greenbrier. I think cars with these proportions will be common in 10-15 years. I think the room and shorter length will mean a LOT in the future's crowded spaces. I deliberately chose NOT to use the straight-through wagon roof, from the Shooting Brake concept. A production Accord 4 door coupe. How about bringing 'svelte' back into the world, Honda? I'm actually most proud of the taillight lenses which while fitting in the production coupe's openings, work so much better with the body lines. I'll be back with some Ford chops soon!

I like your sig saying. I've been to the brink so many times, I'm not sure I could get any stranger! As far as a formal Town Coupe, I haven't done one yet, but it's in the back of my mind. I've done a few Mark Coupes from various base photos. from the Aston Lagonda concept From the MKT I HAD to include this one, lol. I changed every proportion on this '61 Continental to make an more close-coupled coupe... When I figure out how I want a Town Coupe to look, I'll post it here first!

Yes, I've chopped the MKT once again, and made another Lincoln sedan. On my blog, I've asked if it's a better Town Car or a Continental sedan. Differing from the MKT, I've changed the abrupt rear fender beltline kickup, evocative of the '61 Lincoln, and I've made it a gradually rising shoulder line, like the 1970-71 Lincolns. A more minor change from the MKT is the hood cut/shut line. I've moved it from above the Lincoln logo, where it's too prominent and cheap looking to me, to below the logo. I'd rather the twin grilles raise with the hood also, like several european luxury cars (and my Q45). While this chop is a bit exaggerated in it's lowness, I think it's quite an elegant looking luxury sedan. If you look back to my previous Town Car based on this white MKT, here, I've changed the greenhouse completely, adding the '80s-'90s Town Car's slim rear C panel window.

i could have sworn I replied to this a couple of days ago! I think the concept/idea is great. I'm not sure about the flat 3 bar grille. I think that shape would be great for a State Police car that needs to shove other cars out of the way, lol. I think the ultimate Sports/GT would need to be a bit more svelte... :shades:

i like it. It's modern, yet traditional at the same time. I like the way it sits on its wheels, and I like the rear pillar and rear side glass. I'm glad you went without a 'vent' window in the rear doors. But c'mon, let's keep chopping Mercurys anyway, lol. I am!

i love the C as is, but I can see where you're going with this. I like the raised shoulder line on yours especially. It fixes the one think i think is awkward on the original—modern and distinctive yet awkward. Is MKG your idea, or has it been revealed that will be the name?

thanks! hey everybody, several of my Mercury chops are posted at the autoextremist this week. hopefully, Dearborn will see what they're missing, lol. Check 'em out, scroll down a bit in the column: Mercury chops at autoextremist

I know I've done several Mustang notchbacks, but I like this one the most. I just don't care for the current fastback bodystyle. I like the original '65-'73 Mustang fastbacks, but there is something about the rear quarterwindows that really bothers me about the new one. I'd love Ford to give buyers a choice of coupe bodystyles. I based this one on the GT500 version, but my idea is that this particular model would carry an EcoBoost 4 cylinder with the Fusion Hybrid's batteries etc, to give the Mustang a Hybrid model with really high mileage. The interior would be posh as well, to justify the higher price of the hybrid package. Besides the roof change, I added black rocker panel trim to tie the sidelights together, and subtly changed the contours of the front airdam. I also added the Mustang stallion logo centered in the grille, replacing the off-center snake of the Cobra. I also lightened the color of the wheels, and added flowers from my garden in the background, lol. Original photo was from Autoblog's galleries.

very sad day. at 16 my dad bought me a 4 year old '69 Mercury Comet 2 door pillarless coupe, the bottom rung of the Montego lineup by then. it was highly optioned though, with a 302V8, AC, auto trans/power steering/brakes and an electric trunk opener. and it had rubber/vinyl "carpeting" instead of real carpet, lol, an odd "cheap" touch given Mercury's upscale pretensions. great car without many miles at all. i've been 'chopping' Mercurys in photoshop for years, hoping someone would see 'em and breathe new life into Mercury, but alas. twasn't to be. RIP Mercury, 1939-2010. : (

i've been hella busy this spring, but i got a few hours to bang out some chops. nothing earth-shattering, nothing detailed as much as i usually do. I just wanted to do as many as possible. the Studebaker would have been one of the first 4 door coupes, lol. i based my 4 doors off the lower, longer coupe body, than the fugly sedans Stude put out. The '53 and '54 "Loewy" coupes were stunning, but the shorter taller sedans were ugly ducklings. I tried to make beautiful sedans! i changed up the trim and chrome on the old cars, and edited the text in the captions for these new "Sedan Coupes." Studebaker called it's pillarless coupes Starliner, and the pillared ones Starlights, as I've done here too.

something like that for the Fusion in the USA would be great.