Custom Grills For SHOEBOX FORDS

need some ideas..let see 'em..

 

Whatever tou do make sure is in a merc shell

 

whys that??

 

I just rally happen to dig a 49 or 50 Merc grill shell in a shoebox. They almost make any grille look good as long as the grille is mounted right.

 

I have always liked the bullet nose, so that's what I'm keeping in my '49...but if I wasn't, I'd buy this...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=564913&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

...because I think this looks *****in'...

 

Those fake Desoto bumpers are for the birds but the grill is nice. How about the little amber lights?

 

One of the previous ownwers of that car had it for sale and was under some dillusion that it was a Barris car.

 

Weezner's Shoe:

One of my personal favorite shoe grill treatments:

 

Agreed on the Desoto bumpers! I saw that car for sale in one of the cl***ified magazines (Round Up?) for some insane price...I guess they took the Barris connection more seriously then just the goofy vanity plate

Curt

 

Weezners car rules! Ive always thought it kicks *** .Looks like some kinda surreal Ayala Bros creation.

 

I also like this Chevy grille...especially with the headlight treatment.

 

Did they use Studebaker sheetmetal to re-work the front fenders on Weesners car? I've always liked that shoebox. It reminds me of the hardtopped one that Barris built with Stude (I think) front sheetmetal...can't think of the owner's name...
Curt

 

Like Barris would have lobbed the roof off or padded some 2 door sedan to make some fake convert.(thing of the 80s and beyond)Besides that,other than the grille and all those rear view mirrors, spotlights,gl*** bubbles,lakes pipes and so fourth Whats done?

 

You are reffering to Buster Littons car which I beleive was chopped by George Cerny and finished by Barris.As far as Weesners car I dont think Stude fenders were used but Who knows.

 

You forgot the v-**** windshield...THAT'S what makes it

 

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Buster Littons car

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That's the one.

 

Alot of early Barria cars had V-****ed windows but they had the beautiful stock stainless around them

 

Don't forget expanded metal. and drawer-knobs!!! 88 to be exact! They say my car has a lot of balls!, They are right. Sparky

 

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Alot of early Barria cars had V-****ed windows but they had the beautiful stock stainless around them

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Yep...and I still don't like them!
Do you have a shot handy of the Litton car?

 

Ever seen a 52 or 53 ford grill in a 49? I think i saw a model car like that one time..

 

No shots of the Litton mobile. If I could post pics right now Id show you how I tried with my buddy Joe Castelli to acheive the same effect by rolling a peice of sheet metal around the front of the fenders under slightly extended 53 Merc headlight rings,into the sides of the 50 Merc shell. From the side it just added a hint of a forward moving profile.

 

The grille you are referring to in the AMT model kit was a copy of the one that the Barrises put in the Bettencourt/Zupan merc.If Im not mistaken John St Germain from Canada did the same thing in his *** kicking coral and black chopped shoebox.

 

I'm also a fan of the 51 Grill Treatment:

 

That is a very interesting car,check out the lowered wind splits over the 54 Merc taillights.Azz dragger!!

 

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John St Germain from Canada did the same thing in his *** kicking coral and black chopped shoebox.

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Not to mention one of the best chops on a coupe I've ever seen.

 

Sorry...couldn't find a front shot of the grille

 

As much as that car undoubtedly kicks *** I tend to like the coupe roofs chopped straight at the b pillars to leave a little more length in the 1/4 th windows. If you like that car and 47 Olds grilles you would have loved Donn Lowes 50 chopped brandywine coupe from the early 80s. It had the same roof as the Stgermain car but Donns had 55 Pontiac sidetrim and a perfect ox blood and white Carson style gut.

 

Hmmm...not familiar with that one. I'd like to see that.

 

I remember that post about John St. Germains shoebox but cannot find it for the life of me. I love this car.

 

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John St Germain from Canada did the same thing in his *** kicking coral and black chopped shoebox.

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Not to mention one of the best chops on a coupe I've ever seen.

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NO ****,, Anyone have any other pic's of this chop'd coupe? or any chop'd 49-51 coupe? IS it a 2" 3" chop???Thought about chopin mine, but worried about makin the roof look to tiny..