Projects What happens in my garage

My name is David from sweden and i have been member on here for some years but never posted a thred until now, had many cars over the years but last spring i bought this Ford 1949 shoebox from California. Started directly and worked on it so i could get it legal here in sweden and rebuilt brakes, rear end, transmisson and all parts in front member then the car was approved and street legal here in sweden. I do little work on it now and then in my garage and throw up some pics. I also work on a Mercury 1956 station wagoon that i am gonna rebuilt the engine in.

Here are the car when i brought it home:



Here is the car now, yesterday i did som work of the suspention to get it a little lower in the back when i rebuilt the rear end i did lower it 3 inches with block but i always wanted it a little lower so i removed 3 leafs on both sides then it get perfect for now.


I had a friend help me to lay some pinstripe on the oil filter and i think i was pretty good:


I have also installed dual temperatur caughtes so i have good view of each cylinder heads temp, i drove hole last summer without temperatur view.......


thats all for now more to come, will start painting the interior surondings and dash white
this week maybe.

 

Nice,looking better for sure.

 

thanks! see you are from florida Dana will go to Orlando on april 25 to get some sun insted of the snow and ice here in sweden now!!! hope the weather is good there then

 

I agree with Dana,the car looks good! HRP

 

thank you!

 

On my way out to the garage i took a picture on how it looks here in sweden with all snow and ice not to cool.....


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Nice work looks Great stance is right on! Thank you for posting Nice pic of the garage I just came in from starting a fire to warm mine up looks the same as yours on the outside with the snow and ice. Jim

 

Love your shoebox. Sounds like you're having a great time with it. Bring on Spring!

 

Are doing the same as you for now warming up the garage with a fire so i could get some work done!

 

thanks! yes i really like it, always wanted a shoebox but it is hard to find the perfect here in sweden wanted just this modell without delux chrome and the cupe´ modell they look the best with the top chopped i think but thats way in future for now

 

Nice looking car, weather is the same here. Bob

 

Very cool, this is what it's all about, get it home and make it your own. Love it !!!!
Our winter here is pretty mild this year but this is what last winter was like.

 

Nice looking car. Please keep posting updates.

 

Thanks! Here come some more pics of what im doing just now have taking some of the interior down for paint rest of the interior is quite nice so i may leve it as it is for now planing on white tuck n roll on maybe in future


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I also plan on shaving the trunk lid so i removed the chrome to get a better look but before i fill the holes with lead i will try to find a paint that match mine i dont have the paint code but at work we have some tests


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Great looking shoe box! The bike looks cool to. I am in snow and ice as well, makes it harder to work on my monster in the shop. Have fun, and be safe. Mikey

 

Thanks! The bike is an triumph trident 1969 built as a 60-70s bobber.


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Great wall art, and bikes in the background. Bob

 

Yeah i like things on walls feels a little cousier and warmer in the garage or what to say?


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Nice car! And bike too. Are you gonna chop the shoebox?
Had a 50 sedan I chopped and a triumph T120 single carb chopper too. I wish people would quit offering me money for the things I have....

 

Thank you! Yes planing to chop the shoebox but dont know if i have the skills to do it yet, never done a chop but collecting info on how to do it the propper way i like the old style chops


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Chopping one up is easy. Doing it right is harder. Both are a lot of fun!

 

Great looking Shoebox. Too bad I am so far away, I could spend some time hanging around a cool looking shop!

 

Thanks alot! Yes you had been welocome to hangaround and maybe sving a beer o two


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Thanks for sharing with us, nice car, hope you have a great summer with it.

 

Nice shoebox David, I'm digging the garage too. If you want some inspiration and info for how to chop it, join the shoebox forum and spend some time looking at other builds before you start cutting. Cutting is easy, getting it back together and looking good is hard...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/post-shoebox-build-threads-here.908390/

 

Thanks! Yes i have tried too look there but it says that i dont have the permission to view that forum? Iam a paying hamb member so i dont know whats wrong....


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Nice shoebox, David. Also you have a very nice garage there. I'll be following this thread.

 

You have to join for that social forum,there is a social forum tools-bar.When you open that,you are able to join in the forum.
White shit on the ground doesnt matter,when you have cool garage like that.Your rides looks pretty cool too.
I noticed that the blower motor was deleted on your car.It might be a handy,even if you dont ride your shoebox at winter time..

 

Really fun that so many of you find intresst in what happens in my garage so i throw in some more pictures of when i lift out the motor of the mercury, my first thought was to throw in a smaller Ford 302 motor insted of the 390 but after tering it appart it is worth rebuilding so have ordered a reubiult kit but its gonna take until spring for the parts to come so that is on ice for now.


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