Even for capable builders, there are times when it just makes sense to consider purchasing a finished car—especially when the object of desire is as plentiful as the shoebox Ford. Cosmetic alterations ...

We are used to talking about cars made from the late 1950s and the early 1960s. By that time, the industry had stabilized enough, in terms of both sales and design, so the world now had machines and ...

There are not a lot of rules to design when it comes to the world of hot rods; most times – anything goes. Today's feature car might pass as a hot rod at first glance, but it isn't. It's got the same ...

It was many years ago that Wayne Sullivan owned his first “shoebox” Ford, the name given to the company’s 1949-1951 sedans because of their new squared-off design. It was 1963. Sullivan was 17 and had ...

When Dean and Adrienne Hurley went looking for a shoebox Ford, they were after a convertible. What they ended up with was this nifty low mileage 1949 wood-trimmed 8-passenger station wagon, found in ...

With its integrated fenders and lack of running boards, Raymond Cabral’s Ford convertible had a radical new look when it was introduced in 1949. WEST GREENWICH, R.I. — With its integrated fenders and ...

The popularity of the shoebox Ford is undeniable. As a "poor man's Merc" of sorts, it's been chopped, sectioned, nosed, decked, and shaved probably more times that its prestigious sibling. It's ...

Gordon Hobbs freely admits he wasn’t much of a car guy when he was a kid. “I had a ’52 Chevrolet with a 6-cylinder engine in it. It didn’t run so good, but it got me where I wanted to go,” he recalls.

Steve Whitlock's '51 Ford 2-Door Coupe Steve Whitlock tells us he's a Blue Oval fanatic through and through, and it shows in his rather large collection. He has more than 30 Falcons, 15 Fairlanes, and ...

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