Features HAMB Shoebox Club

Here's mine when I bought her but she ain't gonna look like that when I'm done.
Count me in.

Michael

 

Heres the latest pics of our Shoe, the hood and fenders are the next victims of the wire wheel and Krylon.

 

im in see my avatar for my ride

 

Wow looks very good, im going to have to get some updated pictues of my shoebox

 

Here is my current ride a 1949 Meteor semi custom and a few other shoebox Fords i have owned over the years.

 

WOW! There are some AWESOME Shoeboxes on here! I'd post a pic up of mine, but it doesn't look worthy enough haha. In due time!

I have a 49 and it doesn't run, pretty much is just sitting there until I can find a job!!! It's probably not the best time to be building my first car, but whatever, I'll find a way to do it!

Again, sweet lookin rides, everyone!

 

hey dont worry it cant look any worse than my 51 does right now

 

Why is that???

 

My frame is laying aganced the a wall waiting my 4link and i need my front end components, hopefuly i will have the car in primer in 2 weeks, so i can block it and then seal it and leave it in primer until the time is right

I need to redo the floors becuase they are extreamly hashed up

here are some recent pictures










this is my curent progress on the car

the frame and the rearend were blasted and are still in bare steel

I am useing ppg's Delltron Primer in there G7 stage wich is almost like a very dark gray/black, so this is going to be in primer for the time being


I Would like to get this thing set up so i can lay frame when aired out

 

Yea, I remember this car. We used to call it the Mike Tyson, cause it had one gold tooth.

 

I remember seeing this car when i first bought my 51 searchen the net for diffrent picturs of them i know i have seen this one before it is one SWEET looken ride

 

update on some progress, the car will be in primer tomarow, so today i did a little mock up of what it will look like when aired out hope you enjoy









Now i just need to figure a color, I have changed my mind so many times its not funny, i kind of want to do a flat sublime green with black wheels and wide whites, but i just spent a large amount of cash sandblasting the stock wheels and painting them a nice bright red, so i think im just going to have to stick with flat black and red wheels with wide whites, for the time being in a few years i want to get it all painted, but i just cant right now i just want to get it finished and drive it

 

As of today, not perfect but a lot better than before!

 

Tinman - Good job on that custom grille. Looks good so far.

 

Her's mine.

 

Here's a pic of mine.

 

anyone have good pics of a radical chop on a shoebox? im looking for shots of one with atleast a 6/8 or 7/9, or 7 to 8 inches straight chopped. a sedan would be great! thanks

 

This is how we lower our cars in NZ!

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I hope to do it properly this weekend!

Also, what manual 'box do you guys think is best to run behind a 289? On the cheaper side is better, guess I will also need a manual pedal box too.

 

wow nice lowering set up i sure bet she handles like a dream like that !!! lol

My instructor built a 50 merc (thread titled have you seen me??) he used a stock 289 from a fairlane with the A/T that was attached to it he said it drove real well and he said he got around 20mpg and the car at 3400 lbs

 

Here's my 53..... am I in?

 

At least it not a CHEVY.........

 

and it's not a Shoebox either..............Centurion9

 

We had a big wind storm here a couple weeks ago & I almost lost the 49! Considering what could have happened I'm OK with what did!

 

Eye Bone....

This just might be a sign from GOD.... that Its time to Chop it..........

 

Have to sell my son's Shoebox. He's got to have a daily,he can leave parked at school and be there when he comes out,LOL!!! So i'm selling it to buy something else for him and a Hotrod project for me,hahaha. It's been a great car and have put about 30k miles on it in 4 yrs. He hates to get rid of it but he knows it will just trashed at school. High School kids are so jealous of people with nice or different cars. I'm gonna miss it too!

 

I hear that!

 

Yep! That's the one...


The new owner did some bodywork and painted it black...

 

I wish thats all that happened to mine. The roof of mine is caved in from a tornado about 18months ago when the car traveled 80ft in the air. The windshield header is pushed in about 2" and the rear is pushed in about 2 feet starting at the top of the rear window pinch welds. Its almost the width of the roof. Fortunately I found a new roof a couple weeks ago, so the top will be chopped/repaired with the new roof.

 

1949 bussiness coupe need a front bumper but rest is there