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

custom 1951 ford victoria

The details:
Drivetrain- 350 Chevy with original '51 Ford 3 Speed trans and original 3.78 rear gears....there are also two extra Ford 3 Speed transmissions that will go with the car.
The engine has a Comp Cam, Pertronix Ignition hidden inside a Mallory Dual Point distributor, Stainless steel block hugger headers, and two Carter AFB Four Barrel carbs on an Edelbrock aluminum intake. All the wiring is new and this thing runs really smooth! Shifts flawlessly and sounds great with 22" Smithy Glasspacks through 2.25" custom made tailpipes.
It has Aerostar front coil springs dropping the front 3" and 2" lowering blocks in the rear.....all brand new shock absorbers, bushings, etc. I installed a brand new poly gas tank from TANKS about a year ago with a new tank sender.......

The interior is complete custom rolled and pleated upholstery job in red and black done by Custom Auto Upholstery in Pleasantville, NJ......it is perfect and gorgeous. The black carpeting with red edging is new and custom fitted to the car. There are Stewart Warner gauges below the dash that all work perfectly, including a new fuel gauge, tachometer, and a beautiful large Motor Minder vacuum gauge..... There is a SONY stereo head concealed inside the glove box with four speakers......it plays CD's, AM/FM with hidden antenna, and has a USB port to play flash drive music and MP3's.......

The headlights and taillights are frenched with steel buckets....rear lights are 1950 Ford lenses with blue dots....rear decklid has been smoothed with hidden release......has new rocker panels and some patches welded in.......new fender bottoms on the front.....welded in and straight...... the hood is peaked and nosed with 120 round top louvers by Jerry Laboranti.......the paint is single stage Acrylic Enamel in 1949 Ford *Fez Red*.......this was a one year only color offering on Fords.

It has custom made wheels all around by Jimmy McClean, the "WheelKid in California.....they are 6" wide with custom offsets to allow the use of the NOS 1954-5 Olds Fiesta flipper hub caps!
Tires are Diamondback radial whitewalls in Firestone style with less than 3000 miles on them!

The front bumper has recently been replated by Frankford Plating in Philadelphia....the rear bumper is in very nice driver quality condition. All other chrome is excellent........stainless is in excellent condition.....there is a very nice 1954 Chevy grill in the car with extra teeth.

The tasteful pinstriping done in the style of Tommy the Greek was all done by my pal *Hot Rod Jen* Skidmore, a young woman with incredible talent who is gaining a national reputation for her great work.

The skirts are steel original Foxcrafts and there is also a custom fitted California Car Cover, along with real foglamps
t's time to move on........

Ground up restoration and customization with modern 6.0 liter motor and auto transmission swap (professionally built, modified and tuned), runs like a BEAST! Has taken many long trips. Everything is new. Body was removed, the frame was professionally fabricated for Air ride suspension. The body has no rust, has been sanded down to metal and prepped for a great paint job that shines like glass. The Body was also lowered flush with the frame, and now will rest completely on the ground – or rise to stock height. The interior was completely made from scratch, not a kit (seats, headliner, carpet, kick panels, package tray, seat belts). All glass and felts and seals are new.

It starts right up, runs and drives beautifully - Its handles very well and drives straight down the highway, as fast and low as you want to go!

Details

*Fuel Injected Motor Swap. 6.0L LQ9 – It’s the big brother of the LS1. Professionally rebuilt, computer tuned and installed –specifics below

*Transmission swap - 4 speed automatic, 4L60E. Professionally rebuilt, computer tuned and installed - specifics below

*New dual MagnaFlow mufflers – gives a low deep growl

*New Lokar shifter

*New Lokar gas and brake pedal assemblies

*New and specifically built rear end

*New Disk brakes in the front

*New booster and master cylinder

*New Drum brakes in the rear

*New wheels and chrome wheel covers (high dollar)

*New American Classic tires

*New 16 gallon gas tank with new electric fuel pump. Professional installed.

*New Red top Optima Battery (in trunk)

*New Mustang rack and pinion

*New didit tilt steering column

*New steering wheel

*New air compressor and tank

*New air ride suspension

*New electric wiper motor conversion

*New chrome wiper arms

*Original grill and bumpers have been rechromed

*New chrome side mirrors

*New scuff plates

*New special order wire harness

*New digital speedometer - mimics stock appearance (volt, oil, rpm, gas, temp)

*New Glass and Felts

*New exterior paint, Blue Pearl with a little flake.

*Head lights, high beams, tail lights and brakes lights work, blinkers, hazards all work.



OTHER Specifications…. fabrications and modifications.

*LQ9 6.0L that's cammed (Texas Speed magic stick 3), LS1 intake, 2010 Camaro exhaust manifolds, (by Hales Speed Shop), and tuned by Advanced Modern Proformance, Less then 60k miles



*4L60E 4 speed automatic that's fully built (upgraded clutches, servo, band, TransGo shift kit.) with a 3400 Yank converter, less then 3k miles (Eagle Transmission)



*2 link with a panhard bar installed by Hales Speed Shop, C notched, 4 SMC valves and 2 adjustable dump valves, original upper and lower control arms(modified for bags), Gambino Customs 2in dropped uprights, RE7 bags, Viair 480 compressor with Viair relay


*Narrowed 8.8in rear end with 3.73 gear

*New gloss black intake manifold and cowl

*Interior moldings, steering column and dash have new gloss black, dash also has nice silver flake details around speedo and speaker trim

*Entire chassis and rear end housing painted gloss black

*Bodydropped on frame

Metallic satin paint covers this shaved shoebox Ford, with frenched modified 1954 Buick headlights and a soon-to-come custom grille.

Details:
Mullen's Racing 302 Ford engine
C4 Transmission
Maverick rear end
55 Pontiac Trim
Ribbed Bumpers
Sculpted upholstery and trunk
Power windows, doors and seats
Custom grill
Cadillac tail lights
Tilt Wheel
Air and heat
custom stereo
Runs and drives Great.

1950 Ford customized in the mid fifties stored away for over 57 years . I purchased this customized shoebox Ford from the wife of the original owner builder last year . I had an extensive conversation about the car done by her husband around 1955 -56 in Warren Mi . She gave me five black and white snapshots of the finished
vehicle dated July1956 . Photos were taken pretty much before the car was put away for the next 57 plus years .

The extensive custom lead work already done on this car would cost more than the asking price today . Head lights frenched with eyebrow scoop , Front end molded together taillights rounded , seams filled , door handles , deck lid , chrome trim all shaved . Flathead V-8 was built with Offenhauser heads , Offenhauser dual carb intake , Mallory ignition . New six volt battery , starts up every time . I believe it needs water pumps .

The transmission is three speed manual with OVERDRIVE . Brake system has been restored NEW master cylinder , NEW wheel cylinders , NEW brake lines both rubber and steel , NEW gas tank and fuel line . Radiator has been flushed . Radiator hoses replaced . The body is pretty solid the worst of it is the drivers side front floor boards ( see picture ) . The interior is original Mohair , door panels and most of trim do go with it .

'49 Ford Shoebox Kustom. Tons of work done to this car. Nova front clip, 1965 289 Ford V8, C4 Automatic transmission, Power Disc Brakes, Power Steering, 65 Ford Galaxie steering Column, 10 Bolt GM Rear Axle, Nosed, Decked, 53 Buick headlights, shaved, tail lights frenched with Lee Bubble Lenses, 51 Ford hood corners rounded, Merc grille shell,54 Pontiac Grill, 55 Pontiac Chieftain side trim, frenched antenna, 51 Ford Dash with Tear Drop knobs, new Tuck N Roll Interior, Trunk upholstered, 49 Chevy license plate guard.