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I owned a '50 Club Coupe and they make great hot rods or custom's, this one had a 351 Cleveland Good Lord willing I will have another one in the future. HRP
My love for the '51 started when I was 8 years old when Dad started building his first dirt track car from a '51 Crestliner. My first time behind the wheel was in Mom's '49 Ford sitting on her lap, driving on Caseyville Ave in East St. Louis Illinois. I was 7 or 8 then. 1961-62. I only have three '51's now. Dave
The first shoebox that I built was in 1960 . I put a '58 Pontiac Tri-power in it. Not extremely sophisticated, but..... My current shoebox, The Judge, is extremely sophisticated... over 1,000 pictures and videos on my website of every phase of construction.. arranged in subject galleries with narrative/description of each item. The only thing that I didn't do myself was the interior. Preview: https://49fordcoupe.smugmug.com/The-Car/ Full website: https://49fordcoupe.smugmug.com/
I really need to take a few more pics of it, lol... I keep having to post the same one. Spring is coming!
Just an FYI ... "The Moal Family Shoebox": ... is technically not Steve's personal ride ... but rather owned by his son Michael (the Production Manager at Moal Coachbuilders) ... who also built a '28-29 Modified Roadster: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=457200305272376
had a project '51 that moved to to Minnesota a few years ago - called the "Cousin of LaBomba" - "LaBomba" was a custom '54 Chevy that resides in Japan now.
Now this is awesome. I've been talking to that photographer guy about this and encouraging him. I know he was heading over to the East Bay to drive it but have not heard his take on it. Gotta love a shoebox, great choice. And you know that trunk will hold a bunch of camera gear !
Hello, For my wife and me, a 50 Ford coupe model was a car we were looking for because it did many practical things for us. Every time we went on those long So Cal or up the Westcoast to the SF Bay area on vacation or photo shoots, we had to take all of our stuff in the back bed of the 65 El Camino and put them inside of the cab locked and covered. The photo equipment went behind the folding seat and had an extra cover on it. Can’t be too safe when the El Camino cannot be seen from the restaurant seating table. So, a station wagon was in the search parameters. Something else also came into the purchase choices, whatever car or station wagon we get has to be able to hold a short longboard. The short board status was just starting and my surfboard was now down to 7 feet 6 inches, not the 11’ 4 inches from several years prior. It had to fit inside of the trunk and the lowered seat back, while being able to lock the trunk. So, we saw a 50 Ford coupe in all black which fit the parameters of our search. The 2 door Ford Coupe was black (slightly faded paint), had light grey upholstery, with a built up Flathead and a LaSalle floor shifter. The guy had several 50s cars and wanted to get rid of one. After looking at it, inspecting it for oddities, we made a good offer near his asking price. We are sure that because he had several old cars in that garage, he assumed he had the upper hand in any bargaining. So, he refused the offer we made. It was a Flathead powered, three, two barrel carbs, chrome rims and nice upholstery. It even sounded nice on starting. But, it was not to be on this road trip. My wife was anxious to leave that garage. Something did not smell right. It was either the person, the garage, or the interior, something spooked her and she gave me the “high-eye” motion to get the $%@@ out of there. A similar looking Ford Jnaki Did the floor shift ding the purchase? On the way out of the over-stuffed garage in Central OC, my wife said, it did not have A/C. Ha! That sealed the “no deal.” If that was the case, A/C could have been added, but that was an episode that was never mentioned again. I also think that the seller was a big head guy that thought his old cars were worth the price he was asking, without any bargaining. I kept seeing the same ads for several more months. Within several weeks, we purchased another project, a 327 powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery that took us plenty of months to get everything right for safety and security. On one cold December morning, I was making an errand run prior to the pandemic’s arrival. I kept seeing something in between a big SUV and other cars going in the same direction. A Ford primer custom on So Cal cruise winter in the air… A So Cal Local… We had seen it cruising around a local shopping area during a busy Friday night, probably looking for coveted parking spaces for the multitude of cool dining options. But, to see it on the streets several weeks later was a nice surprise. A cool memory of one of our early hot rod project cars we almost bought for our daily driving needs, a long time ago. Did it get a new finishing paint color or bumpers or even new wheels/tires? We have not seen it as yet...
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