Ford 1949 - 50 - 51 (shoebox) custom & mild custom galerie

Traditionally built custom Ford. Car features hood that is filled and peaked with bullnose accessory. Custom made grill surround with floater style grill. Front splash pan is welded and molded to the car. Headlights are frenched '52 Mecury. Rain gutters have been removed and gap filled. Door corners have been rounded and door handles shaved. All rear seams have been welded and smoothed. Side trim is from a '54 Oldsmobile Holiday. Foxcraft skirts with real accessory spotlights. Trunk has been filled and smoothed. Tail lights are frenched '52 Buick. Plate has been moved to bumper with '49 Chevy surround from Briz. Lowered with Jamco springs and blocks in control arms in front and Jamco rear springs. Has new shocks all around. Running gear is stock Flathead Ford 239ci that has stock bore rebuild, aluminum pistons with aluminum timing gear, new water pumps, new gaskets, with a little extra chrome. Flywheel has been lightned, new clutch and clutch disc. Has aluminum radiator, Mallory dual point igniton, electric fuel pump, headers and dual exhaust. New u-joints with 8in Maverick rear end, new brakes and drums and a 3.0 gear. Rides on 6.70 x 15 BF Goodrich whitewall tires with NOS 50's accessory hubcaps. Custom painted dash with chrome speaker cover and chrome radio delete plate. Car is completely rewired and converted to 12 volts. Generator rebuilt with 12 volt field coils, new armature, bearing, bushing and brushes. Interior and trunk is blue and white tuck and pleat with '51 Ford door sill plates. Paint is Martin Senour basecoat/clearcoat. Paint color is a '55 Ford Crown Victoria Blue Metallic and '54 Oldsmobile Nugget Gold Metallic.

Cette Shoebox est superbe sans top chop et avec une combinaison de couleurs originales en plus

Look at those flames! This is a 1950 Ford 2 door Sedan, Red exterior with flames on front end and NEW gray upholstery. This is a Flathead V8 with a 3 speed on the column. Original motor and transmission and rear end with 72,000 miles - RUNS GREAT & STARTS LIKE NEW! NEW bumpers on the front and back. Pioneer radio with CD player and remote control. Everything on the car is in working order, including turn signals and flashers. Completely NEW brakes and all 4 drums turned, NEW fuel pump and rebuilt carburetor. This car is lowered with fender skirts and has NEW tires and wheels. Dual exhaust with exhaust headers right off the Motor.

this is a true 50's hot rod no billit anything the car is chopped 3.5 in frt 6 in rear Car is lolwered wiith dropped spindles in frt and lowering blocks in the rear.It has frenched head lights/tail lights slanted "b" piller louvered hood 64 "t"bird frt seats 57 ford dash new head liner and carpet  56 ford rear bumper (body molded to fit) 57 lincoln hubcaps. electric doors/trunk blue dot tail lights power windows and AC. The drive train is a 88 ford 5.0 FI engine with aod auto trans 9in ford rear end power DRUM brakes power steering with fatman tierod assembly stock rear springs with blocks duel exhaust with glasspacks. the car has a new red paint job a third headlight in center of grill

1950 Ford Custom Chopped Top, Rouch 302 Ford Engine, Fast Fuel Injected, C4 Auto Trans, Heat and Air Conditioned, AM/FM/ Cd Stereo system Dakota VHX Gauges, Chrome Tilt steering Column, Custom Design Steering Wheel, Custom Wise Guys Seat, Custom Interior, Mustang II front suspension with oversize front disc Brakes, Power Steering, Power Brakes, Custom Grille, Headlights W/ LEDs, LED Tail Lights, Louvered Hood and Much Much more.

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1951 Ford Victoria owned and restyled by Gordy Brown. Gordy restyled the Victoria in the mid to late 1980s. When the car was almost done, Tex Smith put together a run from Montana down thru Yellowstone National Park into Idaho, so Gordy primered the car two-tone red and grey so he could attend the run. Gordy drove the Victoria all over with the flathead engine and a manual transmission. In 2012, the car had not been out since 1998, when Gordy drove it to Moab, Utah for a Kustoms of America event. During the the trip the clutch was slipping badly, so Gordy decided to put it away for a while. After a while Gordy pulled the transmission, had the flywheel machined and replaced the clutch assembly. In 2012 the car was in the process of being redone, this time Gordy plans to take it all the way to finish.[1]



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1949 Ford Shoebox built by Don Tippit from Grants Pass Oregon. The car was featured in the Long Beach Autorama in 2011.


The 4” section gives Nancy & Don Tippit’s ’49 Ford Coupe a slick look. Other mods include Olds headlights, & Pontiac side trim.

The Kustom Car of the 1950's. The 1949- 51 Ford Shoebox remains one of the most iconic cars of the 1950's. Accessible to those Kustom Kemp builders who couldn't afford a Mercury but wanted the beautiful flowing lines of the period Ford. They became so popular they remain the icon of Kustom Cars of the 50's and early 60's.
 

                             ~Starting with drive train and mechanical ~
The Motor is a 77 Thunderbird. 302 with a 67 mustang 4 bbl intake and Edelbrock carburetor.
Factory Mustang header dump into a New dual exhaust with sweet mufflers that provide for a quite ride inside
and just enough volume outside to capture attention.

The 3 speed automatic is also from the same 77 Thunderbird that 68. 00 original miles
on it when I removed it form the car.

The Rear end is a 77 Maverick GT that has been rebuilt with highway gears for fuel economy.

The driveshaft is new and of course new universals were installed.

The brakes system: New lines in the rear. new pads. wheel cylinders all around and new pads. It stops sound.

The electrical: A new wiring harness was installed. All lights both inside and out work with new 12 volt bulbs and gauges.

The Radiator is a reconditioned 2 core and provides plenty of cooling even on the hottest of days.

The Tires are Coker tires 560 x 15 Wide White Walls.


                                          ~Onto the custom work~
The Roof has been chopped 5. 5 inches in the front and 8. 5 in the rear. Minimal filler was used post chop and all panels were formed using a shot bag and English wheel.
 
The Door Posts have been  cantilevered forward.

The Headlights have been Frenched
The Tail lights have been Frenched
The hood has been shaved.
The deck has been shaved.
The sides have been shaved of all stainless.
The Doors handles have been shaved
The vent windows have been removed and all fresh felt has been installed.
The Inside Garnish moldings have been fabricated to fit the car.
Fresh Flat glass except for rear factory window is 10% tinted.
The side window stainless has been hand shaped and is a single piece rather than up to 3 pieces as in some chops.
The Front has been lowered 3 inches using custom coils springs.
The Rear has been lowered 4 inches using lowering blocks. not bagged.
The Interior is white tuck and roll with black carpeting. both less than a year old.
The Steering wheel is a one year 1954 Ford Steering wheel.
The tail lights are glass with glass blue dots.
Fenderskirts are painted body colour and are reproduction. Fibreglass.
Pin striping on the dash and in the motor compartment only.
The Paint is multiple layers of Hot Rod Flats semi gloss Copper Peal. 

 
                                                         ~ Bodywork~
The Car originally came from Colorado. The overall condition of the floors. body mounts and body itself were near rust free. 2 Small segments of floor approx 4 x 5. one each on the passenger and drivers sides were cut out and replaced because they were soft in those areas.

The Body was in exceptional condition with minimal rear rust on the rear pan under the trunk lid which was replaced with metal. The inner and outer rocker panels were replaced with proper replacement panels not tin or bondo.   A small segment was replaced in the rear quarter panel above the wheel well. approx 4 x 7. There is no damage to any wheel well. All metal work was welded. prepped and  professionally finished with minimal metal filler.

The trunk is rust free.

                                                               ~ What work does it need?~
I have not installed door. hood or trunk rubber as of yet. All are available though Macs Antique Auto Parts and are very affordable.
I also have. but not installed a new speedometer cable.
I have the headliner bows but have not replaced the headliner. Presently it is painted semi gloss black.
I have just installed Lap belts as well  for the front passenger and driver.

The paint is a year old and the car has been driven so there are paint chips but none that detract from the overall quality.