Shoebox Ford gets a good lid pounding.......

This '49 got many treatments, built to be a driver, the urge to make a 'hot wheels car' was kept at a minimum. I tried to keep close to an awsome rendering of the car done by talented artist (sorry dont have it attached). Big 'C' notch on the rear rails with a paralell 4 bar and bags at all corners. A new floor and a drop in mustang fuel tank finished it off. Set up to be 4" at ride hight, with skirts on she'll skate down the road like shes on ice. The ability to lay -1" makes this '49 a happy kid. Yep, rails on the dirt and wheels on 1" blocks. The lid was whacked 3" in the front, and 4" out back. I made new inner fenders and added stainless trim to break it up. I bent up a new radiator suport to hold the front end together keeping it with the flow of Henry's factory sheetmetal. Usually four doors = parts car, instead the rears will learn how to live life as suicide doors. 'B' pillar goes bye bye, and the door tops become part of the roof. This little shoebox is quietly waiting for her debut, and proving her grace and streetability. Would love to see other shoebox Fords, and hear what y'all think about the mods on this baby sled.

 

different.What a refreshing kustom.

 

Cool. Looking forward to seeing more progress.

There's a HAMB Shoebox group here...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=127

 

Looks good, youve done an amazing amount of sheetmetal work on that thing.

 

that looks really good for a 4 door! i would like to see a side profile shot. i like the b pillar supports

 

..............heres the closest profile shots I have.

 

hey hotrodblaz, what year mustang did that gas tank come from? car looks great, love the hardtop! thanks, mike

 

Man I love seein moredoor customs and the different styles everyone has. Great job, can't wait to see it finished.

 

car's so sick...NICE work!!

 

You got any details on what you used, and how to hinge that rear door?

 

Looks cool, I really like the fact that you kept it a 4 door,cant wait to see the progress reports!

 

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. Hard-topping a 4 door seems to be the best approach.

 

The tank came out of a '64 mustang

 

That is officially the best 4dr chopped shoe I've ever seen. Real nice work. Keep us posted.

 

awesome work!! looks killer!! can't wait to see more!!

ian

 

Looks amazing. nothing like a 4 door kustom

 

Great Car! , i have a 51 four door im thinking about making the rear doors suicide, just like yours, any words of wisdom?

 

Looks great. I like that amount of chop on a car that will be on the ground. You have done a ton of work and it shows.

 

love it has a great look on the ground the way you did the doors looks great cant wait to see it finished

 

i am loving the car. the chop and hardtop look great. keep us up dated.

 

Man that's some amazing work! Totally refreshing Kustom. I have actually never seen a suicide door set up with no post, it looks great!! Your floor and engine bay are so beautiful and very well thought out. GREAT WORK! Keep posting , i love your thread!! Im surprised that there is only 1 page of comments on this, but you'll see 18 pages on some of the dumbest topics....Interesting!

Ian

 

i can dig it. a whole new world of 4 door possibilities just opened up haha, good work

 

go figure...

Awesome work Hotrodblaz!!! - I'm going to be following this one real close and "stealing" some ideas. There's a shoebox in my future for sure

Barry

 

So we're gonna see this baby at the HAMB drags in August right?

 

Loveing this, great work and vision

 

i still can't figure out why people overlook 4 doors

keep up the great work i can't wait to see this one finished

 

Very nice work...diggin' this ride fo sho!

 

Great metal work and love the hard-top moredoor. More please!

 

it's kinda nice to get a different outlook on moredoors. nice chop, can't wait for updates.

 

Nice rat rod you're building there...