Features HAMB Shoebox Club

I finally got me a shoebox. I drove it home about an hour ago. I'll post pics tomorrow.

 

thanks for the comment!I'm going to shave the handles,start on the rust, new floors, drop as low as posible, and hours of body and paint work. Wood grain all the interrior trim and some of the dash. Custom upolstry and the list go on. Possibley tubbed but would like to get it mached up this summer so I can dissasemble and do paint work over next winter. I'm leaning toward black with a lower 2-tone of orange pearl on the outside. I do paint and custom painting/body for a living so I can save that cost which can run in the thousands which I'm sure you know. By the way thanks to King-Kustoms for the chop seg. back in 2005 it helped alot with a little of my own twist.

 

Here's a couple pics of mine. The first one is when I drove it home and the other one is after I gave it a good cleaning and removed a few unneeded things.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1621015&stc=1&d=1335145878
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1621020&stc=1&d=1335145991

 

Looks nice, Kudos for canning those 'caps

 

Anyone here on the Facebook Shoebox group? I sent a request over a week ago.

 

Im on that group, seems like it took a while when I joined also. Alot of the people there are also here.

 

What happened to the bumpers?

 

Okay, thanks man.

 

Im in! It´s a -49 shoebox from Sweden..

 

Hot damn I like that... more pics??

Anyone ever installed, seen or have a photo of a '56 Plymouth Savoy grill in a shoebox?

 

daddio211 , Thanks for the tip on the FB Shoebox Group ! I will have to check that one out .
I have a 50 tudor sedan that will be built into a gasser . Will have a Ford 429 under the hood with a 4 speed toploader and 4.88's in the rear . just a toy to have some fun with !

Retro Jim

 

Thanks! nice with some good comments!
Yes, got some more pics..
here with caddi -53 hubcaps

 

Fredrik49, your shoebox is GORGEOUS!

RetroJim, here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/250134582087/

 

That Shines, that truly Shines!

Charlton Heston, quote from the movie "The Mountain Men".

 

Thank you guys! i´m just done building it, so just waiting for the summer..

 

I concur! Keepin it real in Sweden.

 

Ooooh I like that.....I am partial to green

 

I'm back in.....Been driving it for a couple wwkes now.

 

Is that a hint of things to come??? Can't wait to see yours all dressed up. It looks amazing in bare metal.

 

One question...How the hell do you guys find these cars in Sweden, they are hard enough to find here in the states...but there they have to be rare???

 

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Work in progress.......

 

Well, the truth is that we take them from you guys.. hehe, a lot of cars is from USA and shipped to Sweden. But we got a lot of cars in Sweden as well, Many Hot Rods like ford -32 and so on, but classic Custom cars is fewer, but they exists to, take a look at the link http://www.ckos.org/ and see some customs in sweden

 

I imported mine, I have never seen a Vicky in Sweden...

 

Mine is imported from a Indian reserve in Nebraska 2005. I heard somewhere that Sweden has more old American Cars per capita then America. That's pretty radical.

@Atom; I think I actually have seen one Vicky here in Sweden, but I'm not certain

 

I'm glad to see you guys have such a passion, and are taking such good care of our cars! Wherever they are, at least they're being loved and not rotting away!

 

I'm looking for pictures of radiator to water pump clearance for a smallblock Chevy in a '49-'51 Ford, WITHOUT modifying or cutting into the stock valance. What is the best alternative for clearance and the ability to possibly run a mechanical fan? I am okay with running an electric fan if I have too (without a mechanical fan), but right now, my radiator and shorty 350 water pump are about 1/4" apart and it's driving me crazy. I installed an aftermarket aluminum radiator that had the thinnest core and still fit inside of the original shoebox core support "horseshoe"...it's supposedly for a mid '50s Chrysler. I can post pics when I get home.

Let's see what you guys have done...

 

I have a 327 with a 4 speed using the original transmission mount location and crossmember... using a short water pump, I have enough clearance.. I am running a flex fan with a spacer to get it close to the radiator.. no cooling problems at all... I am running a factory radiator converted and deleted the 2 extra outlets as for a flathead..

 

Color & Chrome just pop then finished with those 53 caddi caps. Fantastic.
Any shots of the trim?