Shoeboxes whos got em? Lets see em..

OK you are a FNG so I will be nice. only 49-51 ford's are shoebox's some cal. tv show called a 55 chev a shoebox. Thats why that show is not on now. It was written by assholes who knew shit about hot rod's

 

SWEEEEET!! That paint scheme reminds me of Zunk's merc.
I always dig the black & lime green

 

Your sadly mistaken, read up some.

 

1949 To 1951 Fords are the original SHOEBOX Fords..... Were not talking SHITBOX here........

 

We were calling them shoeboxes in 1950. You were born in the 60's and you are telling me about the 50's.

 

The term shoebox was meant to be an insult to the 49-51 Ford. like calling the SBC a belly button

 

At post #304 (Tom Davison)

Is that your old car? Due to the grainy pic Im assuming this was awhile ago and before the airbag craze hit full swing, MAN is that car low!!! If it's yours and non bagged, how on earth did you get that stance. It seems lowering these is a pain, needs a lot more encouragement to get it low down than its Mercury counterparts.

Side note, someone should really start a social group debating the shoebox terminology and origin...is it Chevy...is it Ford...friggin old ladys on here ruin every shoebox thread. Tiring and covered to death to say the least.

 

Here are a couple of updated pictures of my '49 coupe. (I'll avoid the term shoebox..... )

The nailhead rebuild last year kicked the crap out of me financially, so I've just recently added the '51 Ford wrap around trim with '57 Desoto lower trim. Easier than it sounds since none of it was meant to fit on a '49 Ford.

Finally, got the $$ together to get my smooth '51 Ford bumper with the '52 Kaiser bumper and functional exhaust ports mounted.

 

That 51 was done in 93 and a feature was done on it in rod & custom, august 94. I have had it hanging on the wall in my basement since then. It was built by Posies here on the east coast. It was his daily driver. The super low stance was achieved by a 85 monte carlo front and rear clip. He changed it to a unibody style configuration making the floor pan completely flat. He used a narrowed ford 8" and buick rivera electric ride height system. It also gives the appearence that its sectioned but that is the bumpers raised up 2". oh and the front clip was narrowed to better fit the 51. Hope that helps ya Chris.

 

Man Harry, you are a wealth of info, thanx man. Sounds like an absolute ton of work! I see what you mean about the bumpers, neat lil trick.

 

If you read the little books they all use Shoebox as a reference to 49-51 Fords.

 

Heres mine, hopefully on the road by Billetproof NW!

 

Mine...more's been done to it since this photo was taken.

 

heres mine, oh yeah, it's not done yet, damn!!!

 

I know I posted a while back...but were old photos...these were taken this week. She is finally drivable and just have to replace some old airline for the bags up front and she will be complete to drive!!!

 

Here's my 49 complete stock and runs like new except for a little over heating on hot days.

 

This is my '49 Shoebox.

 

I need wider front wheels I think.

 

i looked through all the pix (that would open for me)... ive always wanted to know more about a shoebox called 'el blob'... i remember reading about it in custom rodder or somethin in the mid 90's... mint green white interior...i was early teens so i could be wrong... that car and the rusted ute my dad had behind the shed infected me at a young age... theres no going back.

 

Here is my box what do ya think?? By the way it is for sale check out the Classified section.

 

I got one... 50 yes its a 4 door 302, auto, baged, three link rear, home made disk conversion, power brakes, gm 10 bolt rear shaved and frenched, power rack and pinion... Wuch ya think, by the way it is for sale see the classified section.

 

Here's a updated pix of mine!!

 

think i saw this at puyallup this year. took a vid of it driving by. savage man.

 

Here's my FORD Shoebox..
I like what the Aussies call em.. Spinners and Double Spinners.

 

This post was the shit. Dont care to much for the ford vs chevy debate who cares just drive whatever you got. Mine is a four door sedan 1951 ford with a chevy 383 stroker. I think I will take some pictures now and put them up

 

i want that car!

 

fuck i miss this one

 

Gotta love the look of a slammed shoebox!

 

Here is my box