Where does the term "tri-fives" come from?

It wasn't until the last decade of the last century that I heard shoebox used in conjunction with anything but a '49-'51 ford and it wasn't until lately that I heard anything but a '55-'57 chevy called a tri-five.

Internet use has damaged a lot of our language usage. Someone says something and someone who isn't informed just takes it as fact. Sometimes I say things that are wrong and I know it just because I want to see who will pick it up and run with it. More often than not a month or so later I will say it correctly and someone will tell me I'm wrong. Just a sign of the itmes I guess.

My understanding on the tri-five chevy is that the 3 years share a body platform.

 

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Couldnt have said any better myself. Now how about a slammed, hammered, sliced, bagged, nosed, decked, shaved, peaked, frenched,tunneled suede sled.

 

Damn! I actually understood all that!

 

The only car that can be called a 'shoebox' is a 49-51 Ford, that's it, and the only one a 'deuce' a 32 Ford.

 

I hope you're happy..you made this kid cry.

 

BFH...before the Hamb...the tri-fives were referred to as shoe boxs in my neck of the wood...only till I got here was I shown the light. or I'm just now totally confused.

 

That's no shoebox, it's the deuce everybody's been talking about.

 

Boy oh boy Bomonster, didja ever think you'd get this edjamacated?