Customs Favorite Shoebox style

Makes a huge difference to lose even just the rear vent windows in my opinion. This is a great looking car with just some simple changes from stock. Timely post for me.

 

Agreed - I love it all - The stance, The caps, The color, The trim - this car just works! I can understand deleting the front vents too - but because of the lack of a wrap around windshield (and resulting angle of the A pillar) you're right back to "cant tell if its coming or going" again

 

This is the one I am going to see this evening and after a stance adjustment, losing that vent window would likely be the next thing on the list if I end up with it...

 

Somebody had to do it...
this is a shoebox:

 

Yup - I grew up calling them shoebox chevys (and had half a dozen of them over that time period) LONG before I ever knew what a shoebox ford was....

 

Good luck - looks solid!

 

It is definitely solid and fired right up after not running for the last year or so. Made an offer and the widow that owns it asked if she could consider a couple days. Her husband of 57 years died less than a year ago and she has just now decided to start selling stuff. Anyway, she contacted a friend of mine looking to sell it. I probably offered more than I normally would have. But, I also believe that we are to look after the widows and orphans. I told her I would help her sell it if she would like to try to get more. I’ll report back on what she decides.

 

I agree with you 99% of the time but then there’s Brian Bass’ 49… this is a rare photo with the hood on. Pure hot rod

 

is there a kit for removing quarter windows? a template to have the glass cut? I want to remov mine but I want to still be able to roll my windows down. Anybody that has done it, was it a hard job to do?

My wife has been around Hot Rods her entire life with her mother and her father owning numerous rods themselves. I have built her a 55 f100( it keeps her out of the drivers seat of my hot rods and keeps her from getting cranky when I buy cars and parts). She thinks the shoebox is the ugliest car ever made. I have shown her many different styles of them and she says she can't understand why I would buy not one but 2 shoeboxes. even her daddy thinks she is crazy. here is her truck and her dads truck, his anglia and her mom in front of her roadster before she passed away. Her dad would drive his truck in the snow, pick up lumber, bricks, car parts , corvette stuff people would ask him if he was worried about the snow hurting it. he just told them its almost 100 years old it hasn't hurt it yet. not a single one of my daughters like hot rods. a car to them is a tool to get from A to B. baffles me.

 

wish there was a love button to click for this one.

 

any news?

 

This thing is damnnear perfection....except the vent window trim.

 

^^^ Wonder how it would look with the window up? Edit: spoken before seeing second photo. Wonder why he had to make that trim so bold.

 

Ok fellas, after much consideration, my favorite shoebox of all time is our very own @Royalshifter Royal Victoria. It’s perfect.

 

You might have missed my reply earlier, but I made her what I think is a good offer (maybe even more than it might bring if she just tries to advertise it) and am waiting on her to decide. I should know something in the next day or so...

 

On my '51 Victoria, I removed the windsplit things on the rear quarters. Tossed the '51 bumpers and the side trim that goes all the way around. There was just a bit too much chrome. I now have 1950 bumpers.
Much neater. '49 bumpers are different than '50. I'm putting '55 Chev side trim on.