Potpourri of chops...

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I still haven't really had much time to do new chops, but going into the archives, which you haven't seen at
this site anyway, i came up with these. enjoy.

these first chops are FoMoCo products, including Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda
and Aston Martin (well, it was Ford owned when i did it...)


I was always a fan of the Notchback Mustang. This would be a 500KR version. i heard the 2010 was going to have
'hips' so i added them to this chop. it turns out the real 2010 isn't all that hippy, lol. i like them on this car though.


this Falcon would be a sedan version of the Escape, much like Subaru made a sedan of the Outback for a while.


this is a rwd economy car, the Pinto II. i was actually in the rear seat of a '76 Pinto Runabout when we were in
a chain-reaction collision, #3 of 5 cars, being hit in the front and the rear.... no fire, no explosion, no injuries.
i still look back with fondness at Pintos and Mavericks. chop based on the Fiesta, but with less front overhang
and rwd proportions.


über luxury sedan based on the MKR concept


a smaller than Milan sedan, the Comet. this is a couple of years old, so i used the Milan instead of the euro Mondeo,
but i think this makes a nice American compact. probably really nice for 2006, lol. i didn't know Ford would make
a hybrid of the Milan back then though. predictable I guess.


the return of the macho car pickup....


an alternative to the little suicide door RX8, the 2 door coupe.


the current Aston body with a more Virage-like greenhouse and hatchback


Some 'other' cars, sadly not made by FoMoCo. Hope no one minds : )



2 versions of Chevy Bel Air full size coupe. with the upcoming Cadillac CTS coupe's fastback, i thought Chevy
could pull off a similar look. Years ago in Harley Earl's time, the Chevrolet was often styled to be the 'small Caddy.'
i used a flying buttress roof, much used in Chevy's past. (the gold logo is reversed in the front-end shot, but it's a
Chevy so I left it, Monday car, heh heh. )


a reborn Tucker based on a Toyota Hybrid concept car.... tiny tongue-in-cheek chop with lots of retro cues.


a flagship sports coupe for Buick, based on their most recent (but too tall) Riviera concept.


a Continental of another sort... the Bentley 5 door-regal swiftness with utility.


a classic original edition Saab 92, but with the top chopped. i sent this to a friend in the UK and he wants to build one,
but the originals are VERY few and far between and he and his wife just had a baby so it is going to stay a chop...
i do like the polished alloy cowl/windshield frame I gave it, a la Rolls Royce these days....


a sleeker 5 door hatch by Maserati for those high-speed runs on the Cote D'Azur. room in the back for a few
crates of vino and a couple of cannoli.


i sent a few chops to Mark Stehrenberger once, just for the heck of it. i never expected a reply, but he emailed me back
in about 15 minutes! he liked this one especially. Stehrenberger has been my idol in this field since the early '70s.
to hear from him was awesome, and to be praised by him REALLY awesome.