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 ...

"Shoebox" isn't necessarily the most glamorous nickname for a car, but that's precisely what fans call the 1949 Ford. But where did that nickname come from?

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 ...

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 ...

When the Pierson Brothers coupe roared down the salt half a century ago, it set the rodding world on its ear as an early experiment in aerodynamics that put the roofline so low, even midgets (oops, we ...

WEST GREENWICH, R.I. — 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. It was Detroit’s first post-war ...

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.

LIMA — Roger Griffith of Lima owns this beautiful 1949 Ford, and he brought it to the Westgate Charity Car Show in June. Griffith has owned the car since 1994. The 1949 Ford was the first all-new ...